Chargesheet filed in APSC scam case

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1 N E W S CAPSULE Everest height HYDERABAD, Jan 24: The height of Mount Everest will soon be remeasured by the Survey of India to determine whether the world s tallest peak has really shrunk following a devastating earthquake in Nepal two years ago. An expedition from the Survey of India would depart for Nepal in two months to conduct the exercise. Mount Everest officially stands at 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) above sea level. PTI (Details on Page 3) J-K encounter SRINAGAR, Jan 24: Two foreign militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir today. Officials said security forces launched an antimilitancy operation in the wee hours in the Hadoora area of the district, 25 km from here. PTI Pinaka rocket BALASORE, Jan 24: The guided Pinaka rocket was today successfully test-fired for the second time from the Integrated Test Range launch pad at Chandipur. Defence sources said the test was conducted at 12:45 pm and Pinaka rocket mark- II, equipped with navigation, guidance and control kit, was transformed into a guided Pinaka. PTI The Assam Tribune on Internet & 79 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH 104/ , VOL. 79, NO. 23, GUWAHATI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017, Pages 16 Price Rs Chargesheet filed in APSC scam case GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Dibrugarh Police today filed the chargesheet in the Court of Special Judge, Assam in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) naming as many as 10 accused. Besides prime suspect and former APSC chairman Rakesh Paul, the 19-page chargesheet featured names of Samedur Rahman, Basanta Doley (both APSC members), Naba Kumar Patir, Pabitra Koibarta (Assistant Controller of Examination, APSC), Mabud Ali Choudhury, Abbas Ali Ahmed and Syed Musaraff Husain. All these accused have been booked under Section 7/13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 120B, 420, 468, 471, 477A and 201 of the IPC. Rajib Paul, the brother of Rakesh Paul, and another accused Sudip Das have been declared as absconders in the chargesheet and they are facing charges under section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 120B, 420, 468, 471 and 201 of the IPC. Rakesh Paul also funded terror groups! SANJOY RAY GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Arrested former chairman of the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC), Rakesh Paul had been funding terror groups for the last four years or so! After taking over the mantle of the APSC chairman, Paul had been allegedly funding militant groups like the Paresh Baruah faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) with huge amounts of money. Paul, according to sources in police based in upper Assam, had been funding the militant organisations on annual basis as protection money and the amount ranged from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 20 lakh per year. While the payment to the ULFA (Independent) was made through hardcore ULFA leader Dristi Rajkhowa and few others, the GNLA used to receive the money through various channels and individuals in the neighbouring state. Last year too, Rs 18 lakh and Rs 20 lakh were paid to the GNLA and the ULFA respectively, sources quoting available information claimed. However, the Assam Police is yet to register any case in this regard so far. The GNLA was reportedly (See page 4) Further, against Dr Mrigen Saikia and Mafizul Islam, the court has accepted prayer for further investigation sought by the Dibrugarh Police. Investigators, as per the chargesheet, have examined more than 100 witnesses. Expert reports, including those duly signed by forensic experts outside the State, have also been annexed with the chargesheet. Special public prosecutor BK Mahajan, when contacted, said the chargesheet has been submitted under section 173(2) of the Code of Criminal R-Day Journalism Award to RM Bhagawati GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The State Government has decided to confer the prestigious Republic Day Journalism Award on noted journalist and Editor of the Dainik Asam Radhika Mohan Bhagawati in recognition to his immense lifelong contribution towards journalism in the State. Bhagawati, who will be the first recipient of the award, will be honoured at the Statelevel function of the Republic Day on January 26 at the College of Veterinary Science Playground, Khanapara here, (See page 4) Preliminary survey on Brahmaputra ordered STAFF DIBRUGARH, Jan 24: The Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today formally ordered conducting preliminary survey on Brahmaputra from Sadiya to Dhubri for the proposed dredging of the Brahmaputra and construction of the Brahmaputra Express Highway along both banks of the river and for undertaking other feasible developmental activities in the future. In an inaugural function organised on the river bank near the Flood Control Room here today, the Chief Minister gave away the order copies to the group leaders (Field Engineers), who have been specially assigned with the task. The Water Resources Department has constituted 16 groups, comprising the Field Engineers of the department to carry out the surveys. Dibrugarh MP Rameshwar Teli, Minister for Water Resources Keshab Mahanta, and local MLAs of the region gave him company during the handing over of the order letters to the Republic Day police medals announced SPL concerned 16 engineers. The entire river survey has bee organised in two parts land survey and morphological study. The land survey will be carried out along the alignment of the proposed Express Highway on both banks of the river. The morphological study of the river shall consist of taking 120 river cross sections along the entire stretch from Sadiya to Dhubri. Information such as distance between the North bank and South bank of the river, number of channels, land eroded, number of sandbars and their size and various other patterns of the river will be documented during the survey, Prasanta Dutta, Additional Chief Engineer, Assam Water Research & Management Institute, Research & Development Wing of the Water Resources Department told this correspondent. Minister for Water Resources Keshab Mahanta has asked the concerned Field Engineers conducting the entire exercise to submit the detailed findings (See page 4) Gen Rawat visits Gajraj Corps GUWAHATI, Jan 24: General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff, today undertook his first visit to the Eastern Command after taking over as the Army Chief. He visited the strategic Gajraj Corps on the eve of the Republic Day. Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi, GoC-in-C, Eastern Command and Lt Gen AS Bedi, GoC, Gajraj Corps received the General. The Chief, accompanied by the Eastern Army Commander and the Corps Commander visited Tawang and the forward areas in western Arunachal. He was also briefed by the Corps Commander on the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurating the preliminary survey work of the (See page 4) Brahmaputra Express Highway at a function in Dibrugarh on Tuesday. UB Photos (See page 4) NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar belonging to Assam cadre is the only IPS officer of the State to win a Police Gallantry Award, announced on Tuesday. The Police Medal for Gallantry this year was awarded to late constable Ratul Nunisa (posthumously), sub-inspector Birdhan Doley and constable Pinku Das, all belonging to the Assam Police. The Police Medal for Meritorious Service was awarded to SPs Dr Umesh Barman and Debajit Deori, inspectors Narayan Das and Ambarish Kumar Barman, sub-inspector Biswajit Bose, head constables Biddut Kumar Malakar and Kumud Chandra Gogoi, havildars Juna Ram Kalita and Mathura Mohan Ray, and constables Abdul Baten Mondal, Orki Basumatary, Arun Kumar Pratihast and Annapurna Gupta. JOCOSERIOUS Elections these days seem to resemble a TV family drama serial!

3 NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3 Donations of electoral trusts NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Details of donation received by electoral trusts and their further distribution to political parties are neither personal information nor held by IT Department in fiduciary capacity, the Central Information Commission has said in an order aimed at ensuring transparency in electoral funding. The CIC has directed the I-T Department to make public the list of electoral trusts formed since and whether they received IT exemptions. Survey of India to re-measure Mt Everest s height HYDERABAD, Jan 24: The height of Mount Everest will soon be re-measured by the Survey of India to determine whether the world s tallest peak has really shrunk following a devastating earthquake in Nepal two years ago. An expedition from the Survey of India would depart for Nepal in two months to conduct the exercise that comes in the backdrop of doubts expressed by section NEW DELHI, Jan 24: A top JNU official who was leading the inquiry into missing student Najeeb Ahmad s case besides other disciplinary issues on campus, has resigned from the post allegedly over some differences with the administration. While Chief Proctor AP Dimri confirmed his resignation, he refused to share any details about the reasons behind it. This is the second time that of the scientific community about the shrinking of the towering mountain peak. Mount Everest officially stands at 8,848 metres (29,028 feet) above sea level. The project, for which required sanctions have been obtained, would help the future scientific studies as well, Surveyor General of India Swarna Subba Rao said here today. We are sending an expedition to Mount Everest. Everest s height was declared, if I remember correctly, in Many others also measured it. But the height given by Survey of India, even today, is taken as the correct height. It is 29,028 ft, he said. We are re-measuring it. It is almost two years since the major Nepal earthquake. After that, there is a doubt in the scientific community that it is shrinking. That is one of the IIMs will now hand out degrees NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The Union Cabinet today approved the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017, under which IIMs would be able to grant degrees to their students and be declared as Institutions of National Importance. Being societies, the prestigious IIMs are presently not authorised to award degrees and have been awarding Post Graduate Diploma and Fellow Programme in Management. While these awards are treated as equivalent to MBAs and PhD, respectively, the equivalence is not universally acceptable, especially for the Fellow Programme. PTI reasons. Second reason is, it helps in scientific studies, plate movements etc, he said. All the necessary approvals have been obtained for the expedition and the effort should begin in a month, he said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Geospatial World Forum. The endeavour would take about a month for observation and another 15 days for computation and declaration JNU Chief Proctor resigns a chief proctor has resigned since the new vice-chancellor took over last January. Dimri had taken over as Chief Proctor, when his predecessor had resigned citing personal reasons following the controversy on campus in February last year over an event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. University officials, also confirmed his resignation but refused to comment further, saying his letter doesn t mention any reason. According to sources, Dimri had differences with the administration over handling of a few disciplinary issues on campus, including the recent altercation between two groups following which Najeeb went missing. He was leading an inquiry into the case. Then the disruption of the Academic Council meeting happened where nine students were suspended. The administration also banned any sort of protests or demonstration near its building. Dimri had certain differences with the authorities over handling of these issues, a source close to Dimri said. The Proctor s office is responsible for handling all the disciplinary issues on campus, including ordering of inquiry, probing the issues and recommending punishment for the students. PTI of data, Rao added. Rao told PTI the height of Mount Everest is planned to be measured this time by two methods using Global Positioning System (GPS) and a ground method. There are two methods. One is GPS. It is a survey instrument. It looks like a transistor. If you put it on the summit, say for 10 minutes, it tells you the height. That is one. PTI The second is, ground method. Triangulation. We observe. The height can be calculated from ground, he added. Rao said the measurement is being done by the two methods for better confirmation of the findings. PTI

4 4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI Massive networks of fake Twitter accounts found PRESS RELEASE Keeping in view the directive of Election Commission of India, the National Voters Day, 2017 in Mangaldoi Election District comprising of 65-Kalaigaon, 66-Sipajhar, 67-Mangaldoi (SC) and 68-Dalgaon LACs will be celebrated in all 492 nos. of polling station locations on The main objective of celebrating the NVD is to create awareness among the voters for making Indian democracy better and stronger. The Electoral Registration Officers under election district Mangaldoi have already been instructed to direct the BLOs of their respective LAC to felicitate the newly registered voters on 25th January, 2017 in a brief ceremony/public function and to provide a badge with the slogan Proud to be a Voter Ready to vote. The District Level NVD programme will be held at Mangaldai District Library on 25th January, 2017 where the newly enrolled voters of years of age adjacent to the polling stations of Mangaldai town will be felicitated Sri Budhindra Hazarika, Principal, Kharupetia College will deliver a lecture on the occasion. The Principals of the Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools under election district Mangaldoi have already been instructed to organize debating competitions, quiz competitions, human chain etc. and to administer the NVD pledge at their respective colleges/hs Schools on among the teaching staff and students. Sd/- (Ashok Kumar Barman) Janasanyog/1498/16 LONDON, Jan 24: Massive networks of fake Twitter accounts with the largest consisting of over 350,000 profiles have been accidentally uncovered by scientists who were probing to see how people use the microblogging site. Some of the accounts have been used to fake a number of followers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics, researchers said. On Twitter, bots are accounts that are run remotely by a person. It is difficult to assess exactly how many Twitter users are bots, said graduate student Juan Echeverria, a computer scientist at University College, London, who uncovered the massive networks. The research began by combing through a sample of one per cent of Twitter users in order to get a better understanding of how people use the social network. However, the data revealed lots of linked accounts, suggesting one person or group is running the botnet. These accounts did not act like the bots other researchers had found but were clearly not being run by humans. The research suggests earlier work to find bots has missed these types of networks. PTI District Election Officer Mandaldoi NOTIFICATION All Institutes of Assam are hereby informed that the verification of online applications submitted through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP 2.0) for Post-Matric/Pre-Matric (Class IX-X) for ST at the Institute level has been open for the institutes since 1st of December/2017 and it has been seen that a number of institutes have not verified the applications pertaining to their respective institutes due to which the applications of students will not serve the purpose of awarding scholarships to ST students. In the light of the above, the Head of the Institutes are hereby instructed to start verification of the applications with the institute login credentials for the NSP 2.0 at the earlist without fail. The Head of institutes are also requested to submit the list of verified name of applicant and application IDS with signature of the Head of Institute pertaining to their respective institutes to the office of the undersigned for further necessary action from this end. It has also come to the notice of the undersigned that a number of Institute have not approached the office of the undersigned for receiving the user-id and passwords of their respective institutes. Such institutes are requested to approach the office of the undersigned at the earliest with a request letter from the Head of institute specifying the phone number to which the user-ids and password should be sent. 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Duplicate call letters will be issued to the candidates on production of Admit Card of,the Written Test held on 1st & 8th November, 2015 with countersignature of Assam Institute of Management. Sd/- Directorate of Audit Janasanyog/8597/16 (Local Fund), Assam, Guwahati- 6 Government of Assam ARIAS SOCIETY (ARIASS) Proposed World Bank aided Assam Agribusiness & Rural Transformation Project (APART) Short REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) For Hiring of Consultancy Services for Formation of industry Associations (IAs) & Implementation of Agro Industrial Development Plans (AIDPs) ARIASS/APART/CD/182/2017/21 Dated: Guwahati the 21st January The Government of Assam (GoA) through the Government of India (GoA) has applied for a loan of US$ 200 million from the World Bank (WB) for implementation of the Assam Agribusiness & Rural Transformation Project (APART) which is likely to start implementation from April The objective of APART is to increase value-addition and improve resilience of selected agriculture value chains, focusing on smallholder farmers and agro-entrepreneurs in the targeted districts of Assam. The Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Services (ARIAS) Society in association with Department of Industries and Commerce, GoA, now intends to apply a portion of the loan for hiring of Consultancy Services for Formation of Industry Associations (las) & Implementation of Agra Industrial Development Plans (AIDPs). 2. The consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS method set out in THE WORLD BANK Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers PROCUREMENT IN INVESTMENT PROJECT FINANCING Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services- July 2016 (IPF: Investment Project Financing). 3. Interested consultancy firms/agencies may submit their expression of interest to the following address not later than 16th February as well as obtain further information at the address below during working days from am to 4.00 pm. Please refer to the detailed Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) and the related draft Terms of Reference (ToR) in the website of ARIAS Society viz. in the notification section. The State Project Director, ARIAS Society, Project Coordination Unit, Agriculture Complex, Khanapara, G.S. Road, Guwahati (Assam, India); Tel: ; Tele-Fax: ; Janasanyog/1843/16 US President Donald Trump hosting a reception for US Congressional leaders including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Vice President Mike Pence, Representative Kevin McCarthy, Senator John Cornyn and Representative Steny Hoyer, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington on Monday. UNI Syria peace talks close to final declaration ASTANA, Jan 24: The UN envoy for Syria said today that a final declaration was close to being achieved at the indirect talks between Syrian rebels and their war-torn country s regime in Kazakhstan s capital Astana. The talks, which yielded no apparent breakthrough yesterday, could have been the first face-to-face negotiations between the regime and the armed opposition since Syria s conflict erupted in 2011, but the rebels backed out. We are not far from a final declaration, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said. There are very intense discussions because this is not about a paper, this is about a cessation of hostilities which means Syrian lives. Rebel spokesman Yehya al-aridi said the rebels would not sign a final declaration coming out of the talks, saying it would be issued by their sponsors, rebel PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDER Executive Engineer, PWD, Kohora Road Division, Dolamara on behalf of Governor of Assam invite bids for Maintenance & Repair of roads for the works under Assam Road Maintenance Fund for the financial year for 6(six) nos. of packages for one month duration of Karbi Anglong District, Assam, amounting to Rs Lakhs (Approx.). 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The tenderer shall clearly mention the rate both in words and figures excluding VAT. Applicable tax is to be shown separately against each item. Sd/- Registrar (Admn) Janasanyog/4353/16 backer Turkey, regime ally Russia and possibly Iran. He added the final declaration was a general statement that is not meant to be signed by the parties. The rebels rejected face-to-face talks because of the regime s continued bombardment and attacks on a flashpoint outside the capital Damascus. The two sides sat at the same table for the opening statements, but spent the rest of yesterday negotiating via mediators. The rebels have insisted the talks focus on bolstering a frail truce brokered by Turkey and Russia last month, while the regime has called for a political solution to the nearly six-year conflict and for rebels to lay down their arms in exchange for an amnesty deal. Rebel spokesman Osama Abu Zeid said ceasefire violations and threats of forced displacements were hindering the negotiations, and that the rebels would focus on the truce in today s talks. In addition to having different objectives, the two sides also disagree about the role of the talks three organisers, Russia, Turkey and Iran. A member of the rebel delegation told AFP yesterday that the group would agree to have Russia serve as a guarantor of the current ceasefire but not Iran, another backer of President Bashar al-assad. The Syrian regime, meanwhile, has said it would refuse to hold governmentlevel talks with Turkey and sign any document bearing the signature of a Turkish official suggesting this would include any deal to come out of the talks. More than 310,000 people have been killed and more than half of the country s population displaced since Syria s conflict erupted in 2011 with protests against Assad s rule. AFP China to firmly defend sovereignty over South China Sea BEIJING, Jan 24: As the Trump administration fired its first salvo to counter China s island building in disputed South China Sea, a perturbed Beijing hit back saying it will firmly safeguard its indisputable sovereignty irrespective of what America says. China s position on the South China Sea (SCS) is clear and consistent. There is no change in our position. China has indisputable sovereignty over SCS islands and adjacent waters, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. Her comments came hours after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer issued a stern warning to China, saying the US would protect its interests in the SCS and defend international INTERNATIONAL territories from being taken over by one country. This is the first direct comment by the Trump administration after the tough-talking billionaire took over as President on Friday, signalling an assertive policy on the SCS contrary to a cautious policy pursued by the Obama administration. China s action in SCS is legitimate, lawful and reasonable. Whatever other countries want to do or say, China s determination to safeguard our maritime interests, sovereign rights and interests is firm, Hua retorted. We are also committed to work with other parties to address the issues through peaceful negotiations. The situation is turning better. Agreement has been made to follow the dual track approach to address the SCS issue, she said, referring to China s efforts to pacify the Philippines and Vietnam to lower the conflict. Besides the two countries, Preliminary... (Contd from page 3) within two months. The Chief Minister, in his speech, asked the Field Engineers to conduct the historic survey with utmost dedication, devotion and honesty. It is gathered that the comprehensive findings of the preliminary surveys will be helpful in preparing detailed modalities for the ambitious projects dredging of the Brahmaputra, construction of the Express Highways along both banks of the river and for taking up other development projects like navigating big vessels for communication and trade and commerce. Brahmaputra was declared as the National Water Way 2 but due to its poor navigability, the benefits have not been reaped by the State. The Brahmaputra has 640 km length in Assam from Sadia to Dhubri. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also simultaneously dedicated the 8.3 km portion of the Dibrugarh Town Protection Dyke during the function. The section, extending from Maijan to Mohannaghat with solar lights along the dyke and with black topped road, was constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 80 crores. The dyke was constructed under the Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Project with funding from the Asian Development Bank. Flood and River Bank Erosion Risk Management Agency of Assam (FREMAA) implemented the project. The dyke has been raised to some six metres height from ground level, and has a top width of six metres. Rakesh Paul... (Contd from page 3) made the payment annually as Paul also owns a house at Tura in Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The money was paid to these outfits regularly through various links, sources said. This has nothing to do with the APSC scam or the ongoing investigation and the police have stumbled upon such information while investigating an altogether different case. Further, the matter of terror funding will need specialised investigation, sources pointed out. Paul, who is now in judicial custody in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the APSC, had paid nearly Rs 1 crore to each of the outfits in the last few years. The Assam Tribune had earlier reported that Paul during questioning had admitted to making payment to political leaders, including former ministers, a media baron and journalists among others during his tenure at the top post. Gen Rawat... (Contd from page 3) security situation in the Corps, both from external threat and internal security point of view. General Rawat has himself commanded a Corps in the Eastern Command and is well acquainted with the nuances of operational scenario here. He was satisfied with the operational preparedness of Gajraj Corps and encouraged all ranks of the Corps to keep up the high state of alertness and professionalism displayed by them. General Rawat left Tezpur for Imphal before moving to Delhi, said a Defence press release. Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also contest China s claims over almost all of SCS. The US is not a party to the SCS issue. We urge the US to honour its commitments, fully respect the efforts of the regional countries and safeguard peace and stability in the SCS, she said. But at the same time, unlike in the past, Hua did not oppose US naval ships and bombers passing through if it is under international law. PTI Chargesheet... (Contd from page 3) Procedure. The Court of Special Judge has fixed February 27 for submission of the status report, he added. Sources said that there is still ample scope for further investigation regarding the arrested accused persons and those who are absconding. Meanwhile, to facilitate trial for the accused holding constitutional posts (APSC), including Rakesh Paul and the two other arrested members, the investigators have already written to the President of India for prosecution sanction against them. Meanwhile, the investigators have received prosecution sanction against Naba Kumar Patir from the State Government. R-Day... (Contd from page 3) said an official press release here this evening. The award carries a cash amount of Rs 1 lakh, a citation inscribed on a copper plate, a japi, a sorai and an angabastra, the press release said. It may be noted that the Republic Day Journalism Award has been instituted under the Information and Public Relations Department to honour persons of eminence in the field of journalism. The award will be presented at the Statelevel Republic Day function every year. Bhagawati s name was selected from among a list of 30 nominees submitted by eight journalists organisations of the State. To select the recipient a high-level selection committee was formed. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 Lowest approval for Trump s first days in modern era: poll WASHINGTON, Jan 24: Donald Trump has begun his first days in the White House with the lowest approval rating any US President received in the modern era, according to a new poll. The first measurement of Trump s job approval rating showed Americans divided over his performance in his three days in the Oval Office, the Politico reported. Trump s approval rating in the Gallup survey, conducted between Friday and Sunday, opens at 45 per cent the same percentage of Americans that said they disapprove of Trump s first weekend on the job. In fact, the billionaire real estate tycoon began his Presidency with the lowest initial approval rating in the modern polling era, according to Gallup. But while Trump s first approval rating is improved from the poor reviews Americans gave to his Presidential transition, it is also lower than previous Presidents a sign Trump has entered the White House without the same support from Americans that others have enjoyed. PTI OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, UDALGURI, ASSAM MISSING INFORMATION The above is photograph of Miss Sumi Deka (19 years), D/o Sri Jayanta Deka, Vill- Dhupguri, P.S- Panery, Dist- Udalguri, Assam who has been missing since from Tangla. This refers to Panery PS GDE. No. 506 Dtd and this office Man Missing Register Entry No. 43(B)-136 Dtd Descriptive Roll of the Missing Person : 1. Complexion Fair 2. Age 19 Years 3. Height 5 Feet 4. Built Medium 5. Language Assamese 6. Wearing apparel Churider All out effort may be made to trace out/ recover the above noted missing person at the earliest and result thereof may be intimated to this office at the following helpline numbers for further necessary action : / (Cell Phone) Sd/- Superintendent of Police Janasanyog/8608/16 Udalguri, Assam GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE (BUDGET) DEPARTMENT DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06 PRESS COMMUNIQUE No.BW.02/2017 Dated January 23, 2017 It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 8.20% Assam State Development Loan, 2017 issued in terms of the Government of Assam, Finance Department s Notification No.BW.4/2006 dated February 15, 2007, will be repaid at par on February 23, 2017 with interest due up to and including February 22, In the event of a holiday being declared on the aforesaid date by the Government of Assam under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will be repaid by the paying offices in this State on the previous working day. No interest will accrue on the loan from and after February 23, As per Sub-regulation 24 (2) and 24 (3) of Government Securities Regulations, 2007, payment of maturity proceeds to the registered holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means. For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such a Government Securities, as the case may be, shall submit to the Bank or Treasury and Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its subsidiary Banks where they are enfaced/registered for payment of interest, as the case may be, the relevant particulars of their bank account. 3. However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/ mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means, to facilitate repayment on the due date, holders of 8.20% Assam State Development Loan, 2017, should tender their securities at the Public Debt Office, 20 days in advance. The securities should be tendered for repayment, duly discharged on the reverse thereof as under.- Received the Principal due on the Certificate. 4. It should be particularly noted that at places where the treasury work is done by a branch of the State Bank of India or any of its associate banks, the securities, if they are in the form of Stock Certificates, should be tendered at the branch of the bank concerned and not at the Treasury or Sub-treasury. 5. Holders who wish to receive payment at places other than those where the securities have been enfaced for payment should send them duly discharged to the Public Debt Office concerned by Registered and Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will make payment by issuing a draft payable at any Treasury/Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its associate banks conducting Government Treasury work in the State of Assam. (Sd/- Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS) Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam Finance Department GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE (BUDGET) DEPARTMENT DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06 PRESS COMMUNIQUE No.BW.01/2017 It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 7.17% Assam State Development Loan, 2017 issued in terms of the Government of Assam, Finance Department s Notification No.BW.7/2004 dated February 18, 2005, will be repaid at par on February 23, 2017 (February 24, 2017 being bank holiday) with interest due up to and including February 23, In the event of a holiday being declared on the aforesaid date by the Government of Assam under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will be repaid by the paying offices in this State on the previous working day. No interest will accrue on the loan from and after February 24, As per Sub-regulation 24 (2) and 24 (3) of Government Securities Regulations, 2007, payment of maturity proceeds to the registered holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means. For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such a Government Securities, as the case may be, shall submit to the Bank or Treasury and Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its subsidiary Banks where they are enfaced/registered for payment of interest, as the case may be, the relevant particulars of their bank account. 3. However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/ mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means. to facilitate repayment on the due date, holders of 7.17% Assam State Development Loan, 2017, should tender their securities at the Public Debt Office, 20 days in advance. The securities should be tendered for repayment, duly discharged on the reverse thereof as under:- Received the Principal due on the Certificate. 4. It should be particularly noted that at places where the treasury work is done by a branch of the State Bank of India or any of its associate banks, the securities, if they are in the form of Stock Certificates, should be tendered at the branch of the bank concerned and not at the Treasury or Sub-treasury. 5. Holders who wish to receive payment at places other than those where the securities have been enfaced for payment should send them duly discharged to the Public Debt Office concerned by Registered and Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will make payment by issuing a draft payable at any Treasury/Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its associate banks conducting Government Treasury work in the State of Assam. Sd/- (Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS) Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam Janasanyog/8635/16 Finance Department

5 CITY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5 WEATHER GUWAHATI LOCAL FORECAST: Mainly clear sky to partly cloudy sky. Fog/mist is very likely to occur in the morning. Minimum temperature is most likely to be 11 C on Wednesday. TEMPERATURE: Max 27.8 C Min 10.8 C Cleanliness drive by NDRF GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The 1st battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed at Patgaon here, organised a two-day Swachh Bharat campaign by cleaning and launching the sanitation campaign in Vijaynagar market area in Kamrup district on Monday and another cleanliness drive in Mirza market area today. Surendra Kumar, Assistant Commandant, 1st Bn NDRF along with 91 NDRF personnel; Jatin Bora, ADC Kamrup; Pranav Kalita, MLA Palasbari, and also police personnel, circle office staff, environmental organisations and fire service personnel participated in the Swachh Bharat campaign at Vijaynagar on Monday, a statement said. Rotaract Club initiative GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The charter installation ceremony of the Rotaract Club of Guwahati Luit, an initiative for empowering youths will be held at Ulubari here on January 26. During the ceremony, youths from various backgrounds will take a pledge for betterment of society. Curb on picnics near Deepor Beel: DC GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Kamrup Metro Deputy Commissioner Dr M Angamuthu today inspected the area in and around the Deepor Beel where 18 carcasses of greater adjutant stork were recovered yesterday. The Deputy Commissioner told The Assam Tribune that the administration would soon stop picnics in the wetland s vicinity. We have inspected the site and will soon put a curb on picnic which is damaging the wetland s ecology. GUWAHATI, Jan 24: On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, an educative comic strip on girl child empowerment was released here today by Utsah, a non-governmental organisation working in the field of child rights. The comic strip (book) comprising five chapters on issues affecting the girl child including education, child marriage, child trafficking, malnu- The number of vehicles are is creasing tremendously in the city in the last few years, and, as a Citizens are requested to express their Guwahati-specific views within 100 words and mail the same to: result, the problems of traffic congestion and pollution have also been growing. The toxic smoke emitted by these vehicles causes serious health hazards for commuters. The pollutants that the smoke contains are very danger- Carcasses of 4 more adjutant storks recovered Other preventive measures will also be taken for Crack down on vehicular pollution protection of Deepor s ecology and flora and fauna, he said. Meanwhile, carcasses of Educative comic strip on girl child released trition and child abuse, is aimed at raising the level of awareness among the children. Aimed at making children, especially the girl child, aware of the problem confronting them in their day-to-day life, the comic strip will be distributed to children in schools. Miguel Das of Utsah while speaking at the release function, said that the comic strip has been prepared and released to make the children familiarise themselves with the issues through visual communication. We should not remain under the impression that gender discrimination is non-prevalent in Assam. Children are the most disempowered lot and to make their issues heard, we must work in a cohesive manner, Miguel opined. Children must know what to accept and what not to. Hope, our initiative will help them in raising their voice wherever and ous to our health. In this regard, we would like to suggest the following measures for consideration of the department concerned for safety of the citizens: (a) Let automobile dealers sell new cars only after getting approval of the Transport Department; (b) Old private vehicles that have already completed 15 years (i.e. from the date of purchase) be withdrawn from the roads; (c) The traffic police or the Transport Department conduct random pollution tests on cars; (d) Adulteration of petrol and diesel be dealt with swiftly and severely; (e) Exemplary on-the-spot penalty be imposed for violation of pollution control rule, etc. Ushakanti Das, Rukminigaon, Guwahati Traffic sense whenever necessary, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Tushar Rane, chief of field office, UNICEF, explained the need for a safe living environment for children, especially the girl child. Rane stressed the need for raising the awareness level of people across the spectrum visa-vis child rights. M Barman from the social welfare department and actress Akashitora were also present on the occasion. four more adjutant storks were recovered today, taking the toll to 22. Deepor, a Ramsar site wetland and a bird sanctuary, has been bearing the brunt of pollution caused by dumping of the city s municipal waste close to its periphery. Picnickers have added to its woes, with revellers littering the wetland with their waste, besides causing severe noise pollution. Conservationists have been calling for making the wetland out of bounds for picnickers, besides shifting of the garbage dumping site to some other area. E-magazine GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Krishak Bandhu, an e-magazine on agriculture and related issues, was launched at a function at the Guwahati Press Club on Monday. Senior journalists Manoram Gogoi and Jayanta Kumar Das formally launched the e-magazine. Manik Ch Sarma Bardoloi, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Bodoland Territorial Council and honorary editor-in-chief of the e-magazine, presided over the function. Staff Reporter We are proud to be the citizens of one of the largest democracies in the world. Constitutionally, we enjoy various democratic rights. The democratic platform provides us flexibility in our thought process. However, it does not mean that whatever we consider to be right is always right for society. Hence, there is a need to develop a positive sense for maintaining basic discipline on the part of every citizen of Guwahati as a whole, specially towards creating a systematic, smooth and seamless traffic management system. Over and above the existing traffic rules and regulations as well as other technological means implemented by the authority, it is imperative for all citizens to exercise their democratic rights in a most sensible way, while driving or parking their vehicles without creating problems for fellow citizens. Partha Sankar Dispur, Guwahati Damaged pipes The Gammon India Limited, under the GMDA s water supply scheme, has been laying pipes in Guwahati for quite some time, but in doing so, they have also broken many existing water supply pipes, 35 contingents to take part in R-Day parade causing immense hardship to the owners concerned. I am also a victim of this callous attitude. My water supply pipe was broken at AT Road near Santipur city bus stand and till date it has not been restored. The officials of Gammon India Limited (Project Manager and Deputy Manager) and the GMC water supply division have also turned a deaf ear to our repeated requests for restoration of water supply. Gammon India has practically been depriving us of water for the last six months. Will they now listen and take remedial measures? Dr Dwipendra Nath Talukdar, Santipur, Guwahati-9 GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The Kamrup Metro district administration today said that all arrangements are in place for the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations. Kamrup Metro Deputy Commissioner Dr M Angamuthu said that a total of 35 contingents will be participating in the parade, which will be held on the morning of January 26 at the Veterinary College ground here. There is overwhelming response from the school children. There will be special band display by the school children and arrangements for transportation, cleanliness and sanitation will be in place, he said. The DC said that special bus service to Khanapara Veterinary College field will be made for the day. Arrangements have been made for adequate drinking water and other facilities and there will be special provisions for the elders and women, including wheelchairs and other arrangements for physically challenged visitors, said Dr Angamuthu. Students taking part in a parade rehearsal for the Republic Day celebration, in Guwahati on Tuesday. AT photo Extra charge Recently I visited a service centre of Royal Enfield at Adabari in the city, and saw, to my utter astonishment, a poster attached at the reception which mentioned that two per cent extra charge will have to be paid by the customers if they pay using debit cards. But, according to a notification by the Reserve Bank of India, merchants cannot charge two per cent extra on debit card payments. I, therefore, would like to request the authority concerned to take necessary action against such practices. A student of the Gauhati University Janasanyog/8575/16

6 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 MESSAGE FOR TODAY We must strive to live with purpose. When we live with purpose, we feel good inside. BRENDA NATHAN Upcoming State Budget The second State Budget of the BJP-led Assam Government is scheduled to be presented by its Finance Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, in State Assembly on February 7, 2017 for the fiscal year The Finance Minister had held his pre-budget discussion with different stakeholders recently on January 12, 2017 at the Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati where other ministers and important officials of various departments were also present. It appears from the discussion of the Finance Minister that the State Budget with effect from , following the Central pattern of budgetary structure, will initiate a departure with respect to expenditure pattern from the earlier trend of showing the same as between Plan and non-plan heads besides the distinction between capital and revenue expenditures. This is certainly an important rationalization and simplification effort, initiated in the budgetary structural complicacy. However, in place of State Plan expenditure head, the Government will frame what is called State s own priority development (SOPD) expenditure head. This is certainly more meaningful since all types of development expenditure are not of equal importance and urgency and a choice pattern is needed in the face of financial limitations. Most of the pre-budget discussion centred round the utilization aspect of Plan expenditure during the current year. Thus, the review unveils that Plan expenditure in the fiscal up to December, 31 stood at Rs 9,348 crore, the achievement being only 23% though the expenditure head is designed to be 42% more than the previous year. It is good to note that the State Finance Minister has hinted at 20% increase in allocation to various departments in the upcoming Budget. It is important to note here that Himanta Biswa Sarma s maiden budget for was comprehensively all-embracing and could be rather called a five-year rolling action Plan, based on the ruling party s vision document expecting to transform the State into a land of prosperity and development. The upcoming Budget is expected to give large focus on education, agriculture, rural development and health care areas. A 20% rise in expenditure on them will mean a budgetary allocation of more than Rs 9,300 crore on these thrust areas. What will help rural development programme most is the promise of the Finance Minister to spend Rs 1.2 crore in each of the State s villages on account of its uplift under what is called the Chief Minister s Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana which has already been in operation. Some progress has already been done in the area of eradication of corrupt practices in the State and much more is expected in the days to come. Going cashless Even as the Centre makes a bold push for a cashless economy less-cash economy would be a more realistic term given the constraints that a developing country would invariably encounter in such an exercise the foremost need is to increase banking penetration across the length and breadth of the country. Talking about cashless economy without putting in place a matching infrastructure in the form of banks, ATMs, etc., would be akin to putting the cart before the horse. Banking services in many areas such as the North-east continue to be inadequate, and this lower banking access has kept diverse financial services out of bound for a vast segment of the populace. For a vast populace in the North-east, savings is still primarily through informal mechanisms like keeping cash at home, in kind, i.e., livestock and jewellery, and traditional savings and loan clubs organized in villages by temples or churches. This is largely attributable to the inaccessibility of banks for a majority of the people. While the geographical remoteness and the difficult terrain is primarily responsible for the low banking penetration, disinclination among a considerable segment towards availing banking services something that has a lot to do with poor awareness is also a matter of worry. The need, therefore, is to expand banking facilities and at the same time carry out a sustained campaign on the benefits of banking, including cashless transactions. According to a recent estimate, the North-east accounts for as many as 89 of the 131 un-banked blocks of the country. The RBI has come up with a specific scheme to ease the problem, and the State governments should reciprocate the gesture by doing the needful on their part. Another peril which one needs to be on the guard against during the transition to digital literacy is the online financial frauds. The situation post demonetization warrants all the stakeholders including the Government, the service providers and the general users to join their hands to streamline digital delivery. Since the sudden initiative to step into a cashless economy has caught the masses unawares, it is quite likely that we will witness a spurt in digital financial frauds unless the associated hazards in a digital economy are addressed urgently. A multi-pronged approach beginning with dissemination of information concerning safe digital operations is an urgent need. A vast number of those who have now been compelled to take recourse to cashless transactions are illiterate, let alone being techsavvy. Cyber criminals are bound to use the situation to their advantage and dupe the gullible users. The Government, the banks and all the digital service providers have a big responsibility in educating the masses in digital transaction. Then, even as we prepare ourselves to tackle the looming danger of digital fraud, the Government also has to put in place adequate digital infrastructure in terms of ATMs, point of sale (POS) terminals, etc. Dredging the Brahmaputra R Pranabendra Barman ivers have worked as a boon that help in the growth of human civilization over the ages. All great civilizations have started around and along the river valley and the Brahmaputra is no exception. The world s third longest river with a span of 2,900 km, of which for 916 km it flows through India, has been nourishing North-east India from its inception. But slowly, it has become a reason for sorrow because every year, its fiery floods make lakhs of people homeless, huge loss of property and lives. The Brahmaputra is fed by large tributaries like Jaidhal, Subansari, Siang, Kameng (Jia Bharali), Dhansiri (north), Puthimari, Pagladia, Manas, Champamati, Saralbhanga and Aie from the north and Noa Dihing, Buridihing, Debang, Dikhow, Dhansiri, etc. (south). In addition, six tributaries namely the Tista, Sankosh, Raidak-I, Raidak-II, Torsa and the Jaldhaka flowing through the northern West Bengal also join the mainstream of the Brahmaputra. The North bank tributaries are flashy and have steep slopes, shallow braided channels and coarse sandy beds, carry a heavy silt charge. The South bank tributaries have flatter grades, deep meandering channels, fine alluvial soils and comparatively low silt charge. Now, the question that arises is what may be the possible cause for a river in which a civilization started slowly turns to be the sorrow of Assam like the Huang Ho of China. Whoever controls the Yellow River, controls China, said the Letters to the EDITOR Great Yu, who is credited with the first taming of the river around 2200 BC. The Brahmaputra can never be tamed but has to be controlled or given a proper direction as the average annual flow (water discharge) throughout Assam vary from 8,500 to 17,000 cubic metres per second making it a big challenge to dredge it throughout the year. The Brahmaputra carries an exceedingly large flow, huge volume of sediment load, continuous changes in channel morphology, rapid bed aggradations and bank line recession and erosion. The river has braided channel in most of its course in the alluvial plains of Assam. The unique geoenvironmental setting of the region, the highly potent monsoon, weak geological formation, active seismicity, accelerated erosion, rapid channel aggradations, massive deforestation, intense land use pressure and high population growth especially in the floodplain belt, and ad hoc type temporary flood control measures are some of the dominant factors that cause and/or intensify floods in the valley. Now, the next question is whether the flood problem can be dealt with by removing the silt deposit on its bed. Whether dredging the river would give some relief to the flood-prone areas and user economic development of the region? Dredging alone is not a sustainable solution for future flood management. So instead of dredging only, we should develop a flood management project which will include dredging, reclamation of lost area due to erosion, building permanent concrete embankments, planting trees on the riverbank and building roads on both the banks of the Brahmaputra. Dredging is a low-impact, environmentally-friendly method of removing excess sediment build-up from bodies of water. Things cannot change overnight, but they must change eventually. A gradual, responsive, phased approach that recognizes the need to compromise flood defence and biodiversity priorities may be our only option if we are to undo decades of river mismanagement. Dredging will play an important role in flood risk management in some cases, but is not a standalone solution. It should be considered in the context of a range of tools and the origins of different sources of floodwater and comes with significant risks that must be understood at a Trump s unipolar world local and catchment scale. Dredging covers a range of activities from the removal of material from the bed and sides of river channels through to the wholesale straightening (canalization) and/or deepening of watercourses. Works can be undertaken to drain land for agriculture, to improve flood protection and/or for navigational purposes. What will we do with the dredged soil? If the dredged soil can be used in reclamation of the land on both sides of the river, the same land can be used for setting up economic industrial corridors of the State. The areas lost to erosion can be revived and used for resettlement of homeless people due to flood. The dredged soil can be reclaimed and new areas can be developed to get economic benefits such as developing industries or new localities to ease out population boom. Dredging allows for the removal of polluted debris from the floor of the rivers, so that it does not affect the wild habitat in these areas. Dredging will be act as a catalyst for economic development along the river and in the adjacent neighbourhoods. Dredging focuses more on reducing the impacts of a flood rather than preventing one. Since the Brahmaputra is a braided river, dredging will somehow straighten the flow of the channel. This water then will move through the river faster preventing it from pooling thereby reducing the risk of a flood and will be faster to navigate too. Dredging of a river will increase the cross-sectional area (and hence Perspective 2050: Are we prepared? Dr Dilip Kr Patgiri Climate change as well as other environmental issues has posed a great challenge to agriculture with rapidly increasing food demand due to a growing and increasingly affluent global population. This must be met in ways that are sustainable to the population demand which also meet the concerns of agricultural scientists. Solutions must address the economic and social challenges such as income to farmers in an equitable manner and more acutely, hunger and malnutrition, especially in underdeveloped countries. This can be achieved with a comprehensive solution to the complexities before us. A comprehensive response requires evolution across the entire food system how food is produced, processed, stored, distributed, accessed and consumed. The heads of states and governments and the representative of the European Community during the World Food Summit held at Rome in 1996 stated, among others, that we agree to undertake all necessary actions required at national, regional and global levels and by all states and governments to halt immediately the increase in and to significantly reduce the number of people suffering from hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. We will reinforce all our Sir, This refers to your editorial Isolationist stance (AT, Jan 22). The position that the 45th US President Donald Trump holds today is a controversial one. Controversy belongs to the brave one. Cleansing America by making her great once again through the establishment of a unipolar world is not bad for the interest of America. If the new President wants to free the white American workers from the threat of economic globalization, what is wrong? If he wants to secure America for the Americans restricting illegal immigrants, what is wrong? Same may be the case with any country. To work for and develop the world, each country needs to develop itself first. This development should be internal; then only the inclusive development may take place. If India has been maintaining a neutral position globally by signing a non-aligned efforts to meet by 2015 the targets of Millennium Development Goal 1 and the World Food Summits. We commit to take action towards sustainably eradicating hunger at the earliest possible date. But 2015 is already over. Have we achieved what we had declared? If not, are we prepared for a 2050 perspective? In this summit, food security was defined based on three main considerations availability, access and use of food. It is often observed that even if a country has an aggregate sufficiency of food, its population may suffer from a serious nutritional insecurity due to unequitable income distribution. With this consideration in mind, the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) in 2013 stated that food and nutrition security exist when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to food, which is consumed in sufficient quantity and quality to meet their dietary needs and food preferences, and is supported by an environment of adequate sanitation, health services and care, allowing for a healthy and active life. How do we handle the issue while taking care of the changing climate and other environmental concerns? The world has already witnessed a peak in food price during the 1970s. However, with vigorous efforts by pact, it is only at the interest of her becoming a developing nation today. Yours etc., RAJA DAS, Gauhati University. Jallikattu Sir, Kudos to your editorial, Regressive step (AT, Jan 23). It is a pity that we unite when our macho pride gets hurt but we do not care when inhumanity causes a real blow to our pride. We cannot stop rape, ragging, teasing, lynching and bullying so long as violence is allowed to be enjoyed in the name of tradition, culture or necessity for becoming fit enough to survive. However, in the journey of evolution, humans happened only after minerals, plants and animals. And human beings are slowly realizing that they are to do better than the animals not by fighting like them or with them but by throwing the very survival of the fittest theory to a jungle. Compassion and cooperation can only take humanity forward. This is the reason why many countries have graduated themselves from police states to Instead of only dredging, we should develop a flood management project which will include dredging, reclamation of lost area due to erosion, building permanent concrete embankments, planting trees on the riverbank and building roads on both the banks of the Brahmaputra. welfare states. This is the reason why Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking are shining bright in our Who s Who. If we support jallikattu for the sake of tradition and culture, then, how can we support Malala? Unfortunately, our stand in favour of jallikattu on the ground of blind tradition will dump us on Talibans who regard culture as a static thing. Yours etc., SUJIT DE, Sodepur, Kolkata. Sakira Ahibo... Sir, The new Assamese movie Sakira Ahibo Bokultolor Bihuloi has created quite a sensation on social media, wherein the movie has become very popular. The name of the film itself is attractive. The film intends to represents the real picture of today s Assamese society. The film shows how our young generation is utilizing our culture to earn easy money for their enjoyment. In this process, they are degrading the essence, value and ethics of the Assamese culture. The film is not only the world community, we could handle this successfully which resulted in a falling food price in real terms. The global food economy during the next three decades saw a decline in food prices. Steady progress was made in reducing the proportion of the world s population classified as undernourished from nearly 30% in 1970 to slightly over 12% in 2015, although the world population more than doubled to reach 7.3 billion during this period itself. The progress notwithstanding, 795 million people were identified as chronically food insufficient in In addition 162 million children were stunted, and over 2 billion people were identified as suffering from one or more micronutrient deficiencies. The 21st century has brought in a number of spectacular changes in world economy, more specifically in food economy. Severe climate related events, facilitating subsidies for the promotion of bio-fuels as alternative to traditional mineral fuels and the impact of the 1995 World Trade Organization agreement changed the dynamics of global food supply. Furthermore, growing demand for food was being driven by a steadily increasing world population, and in emerging economies, such as China, India, Brazil, etc., a desire for higher protein diets was driving increased meat and dairy demand. India has seen a dramatic change in food habits during this period. These factors came together in the period, led to a rapid increase in price of food commodities. This food price crisis pushed an estimated 100 million people into hunger, led to food riots in over 30 countries worldwide. This food price crisis compelled the political establishments throughout the world to include food and nutrition security in their political agenda. At the end of 2015, several events linked to climate change due to the El Nino phenomenon further triggered the food crises. Severe droughts affected several countries in the Horn of Africa, southern Africa, eastern and southern Asia, Central America and the Caribbean. India also witnessed severe drought situation during this period. These events combined with conflict and political unrest in Syria, the Middleeast and parts of Africa have contributed to the significant flow of refugees to Europe since Against this backdrop of food and under-nutrition crisis, a growing number of people are suffering from over-nutrition: currently more than 2 billion people are overweight or obese. Moreover, under-nutrition and obesity increasingly coexist in the same households what is termed the double burden. The biggest casualty of this scenario is the agriculture sector. Arising from these developments there is an increasing recognition that the agricultural sector is both a contrib- entertaining but also sends a wonderful message to the society that how we can solve our problems by ourselves in unity. Director Himangshu Prasad Das and his team deserves kudos for this film. Yours etc., TAPAS MALI, Tezpur. Difficult situation Sir, The recent transfer of the lone cardiologist from the Silchar Medical College and Hospital has pushed the entire populace of the Barak Valley into a difficult situation. Through your esteemed daily, I would like to request the State Health Minister to do the needful and provide the people suffering from different heart diseases some assistance. Yours etc., PINAKI CHAKRAVARTY, Ghungoor, Silchar. Entrance test Sir, We know that the State Eligibility Test (SLET/SET) 2017 was postponed to February 26 from February 5, And we are really very thankful for this prompt and thoughtful act of the its volume), as well as the streamlining of the channel. Where dredging is used to straighten and canalize a river, the effect is to reduce its length and increase channel gradient. These effects can increase the efficiency of the channel in moving water (increasing the conveyance). Dredging should therefore lead to a reduction in water levels and hence to a reduction in flood frequency. The cost of dredging is very high because it requires a sophisticate and heavy equipment called dredger. Moreover, these dredgers are not manufactured in India; neither there is any Indian company which has its fleets of dredgers to work in this project. The Dredging Corporation of India has only three Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD), which are not sufficient to take up the project. There are two options left either the Government of Assam purchases some CSDs as per the output required per day and have its own fleet of dredgers. Having the Government s own fleet will reduce the cost of the project. The other option is giving the contract to any dredging company of international repute to work on the same. The cost of the project will increase by approx 30% in the second case. The reclaimed dredged soil will give back at least 30% of the investment. Dredging is not new to Assam as the British used to dredge the river to transport tea and oil from Assam. The Assam Government had sold the dredgers terming them as old and obsolete but the same dredgers had been purchased by the Gujarat Government and had used to develop both the Bhavanagar and Kandla ports. Assam needs professional people on board to make such a project successful. utor to and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. On a long-term forecast, it is projected that the world population will grow to 9.6 billion by 2050 mostly confined to developing and underdeveloped countries of the world. With the changed world economic order, in line with trends in recent decades, it is anticipated that a new middle-class with growing wealth and purchasing power will emerge and they will increase their per capita food consumption, particularly for processed food, meat, dairy and fish. This increasing demand will present market opportunities for countries like India with the potential to produce high quality, safe and sustainable food. The only concern is that a significant increase in population will take place in the poor countries that currently experience relatively low agricultural yields and low per capita availability of food, with only a small percentage of caloric intake from animal products. The food security for these countries can most effectively be enhanced by assisting them in increasing their own food production. With the kind of technical knowhow in soil health, availability of improved seed and plant protection, increasing availability of power and water in agriculture sector, India can play a significant role. But the big question is: Are we prepared to take the complexities of the challenge head on? SLET Commission. But, unfortunately, one more entrance exam called JEST (Joint Entrance Screening Test) to be held on February 19 has also been postponed to February 26 which collides with the SLET. We the students of the physics branch are to suffer for this. It is a request to the SLET Commission if they could look into this matter and do the needful. Yours etc., LAVINA SARMA, Guwahati. Good job Sir, It s a good news that three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, who were trying to enter India through the porous Bangladesh border and nabbed by the Border Security Force in April 2007, were sentenced to death on Saturday last by a local court in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. This is a good job done by our security forces. Yours etc., SHUAIB KHAN, Hojai. Articles (within words) and Letters to the Editor for publication in the editorial page may be sent to the ID:

7 CITY No harmful radiations from mobile towers: Telecom Secy WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7 GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Stressing the importance of digital empowerment, JS Deepak, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India today stated that apart from adequate digital infrastructure it is also necessary to remove the myths and misconceptions that are ruling the mind of a section of citizens. Addressing an awareness programme in the city on EMF emissions and telecom towers, Deepak asserted that contrary to the myth that mobile towers emit harmful radiations, the World Health Organization has concluded that current evidence does not confirm existence of any health consequences from exposure to low level electromagnetic fields. Mentioning that more mobile towers need to be set up to realise the dream of digital India, Deepak said that there is no need to fear emissions from mobile towers as the government has a set of stringent safety norms and stricter enforcement rules. Telecommunications is a key source of e m p o w e r - ment of citizens at large and an effective tool for s o c i o - e c o - nomic development of a nation. It has emerged as one of the core infrastructures required for rapid growth and modernisation of various sectors of the economy. The delivery of broadband services to those who are at the bottom of the pyramid in India can be done through mobile technology 2-day academia meet begins JALUKBARI, Jan 24: The Department of Communication and Journalism, GU, in collaboration with UNICEF is organising North East Communication Forum, a two-day regional consultation of academia, professionals and government on their experiences on social and behavioural change through communication in different developmental schemes in Assam and North East. The session, which began today, is aimed at creating a common platform for discussions and experience sharing on developmental issues that are carried forward by different departments including academic institutions, government bodies, civil societies, media and other sectors. The consultation was inaugurated by GU Vice Chancellor Dr Mridul Hazarika, who spoke on the need to create a common ground where all sectors can share their knowledge and their work area. Senior journalist Samudra Gupta Kashyap said, We should not work in isolation but use communication as a tool to share experiences and expertise to maximize developmental process in the region. Altogether 30 representatives from different universities of the North East, government bodies, NGOs and media signed the terms of reference promising to keep in touch periodically and exchange ideas and work experiences. The session was attended by Prof HP Sharma, Rector, GU; Rajat Barman Mahanta, former State government official; Radha Saini, fellow UICC; Dr Ranjan Kakati, Director of Students Welfare, GU; DK Saikia, Director, NIPCCD; Sikha Barthakur, State BCC expert and other prominent academicians, medical practitioners and media experts from the region. NE Graduate Congress GUWAHATI, Jan 24: At a time when they are at a crucial stage of their academic life, around ten thousand upcoming graduates will get to know the tricks for preparing for their future course of action and will also get a much needed exposure into various fields through the North East Graduate Congress 2017, to be held from February 17 to 19 on the periphery of Guwahati. Organised by ERD Foundation, the fourth edition of the fest would bring graduation students of the entire North East together, giving them a platform for various activities, sports, symposia, career counselling, entrepreneurship development programme, cultural exhibition and workshops etc. Around 200 colleges are likely to take part in the event to be held in the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) campus. Apprising the media of the activities of the event, Dr Alaka Sarma, Dean, students welfare, USTM stated that the aspiring graduates, a majority coming from the interior areas of the region would find a platform through the Graduate Congress to express themselves, hone their skills and identify the opportunities lying ahead. only, said Deepak, adding that there are more than 100 crore mobile subscriptions in the country. S p e a k i n g about the safety norms set by the government, Deepak said that they are ten times more stringent than the existing limits prescribed by the International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection and recommended by WHO. If any BTS site is found to violate the prescribed EMF norms, action is taken to put a penalty of Rs 10 lakh per BTS per incidence including closure of BTS if violation persists, he said. State Chief Secretary VK Pipersenia in his address observed that mobile connectivity is not satisfactory in the North East. He said that telecommunication services are the backbone of economic development and steps should be initiated for strengthening mobile connectivity. It needs to be mentioned that the session was held as part of a nationwide awareness programme. Prof VV Rao memorial lecture on Jan 28 JALUKBARI, Jan 24: The V Venkata Rao Research Scholars Hostel, Gauhati University, is organising the 12th edition of Prof V Venkata Rao Memorial Lecture on January 28 at the Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, GU. Noted litterateur and former Asam Sahitya Sabha president Prof Nagen Saikia will deliver the memorial lecture on the topic Musings on History. The event will also be attended by noted Assamese novelist and journalist Anuradha Sarma Pujaree and renowned social activist Dr Birubala Rava. Professor Emeritus Dr Vadlamudi Venkata Rao, in whose memory the lecture is dedicated, was the founding head of the Department of Political Science, GU and a prominent social scientist of the country, who donated his life savings to various Indian universities for the promotion of higher education. The event will be set off by a Swatch Bharat Abhiyan on the university premises from 9 am, to be conducted jointly by the Gauhati University Officers Association and the resident research scholars of the university. This will be followed by screening of a documentary on the life and legacy of Prof Venkata Rao made by veteran Assamese actor and filmmaker Brajen Bora, who too will attend the occasion. The programme will conclude with a get-together of the present and former boarders of the V Venkata Rao Research Scholars Hostel (RCC 5 Boys Hall). A dance item being presented during the Sadou Asam Sarania Kochari Yuva Mahotsav at District Library in Guwahati on Tuesday. UB Photos

8 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 STATE Govt urged to provincialise venture schools urgently DOOMDOOMA, Jan 24: The Dibrugarh and Tinsukia district committees of All Assam Recognised ME School Teachers Association ( ) organised a huge public meeting at the Forest Guard Training School at Makum on January 22. The meeting was attended by retired teachers, eminent writers, representatives of different students bodies and literary organisations. The meeting discussed the issue of provincialisation of venture schools in the State. Though the previous State Government provincialised a section of schools by enacting a law in the State Assembly, but the Gauhati High Court in a significant judgement subsequently declared this law null and void. The Gauhati High Court verdict has obviously led to a state of uncertainty among the concerned teachers as their future prospect has become bleak. Those working in the concerned venture schools of the State are therefore passing days in a state of great anxiety. Homage paid to Manipuri leader GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The Manipuri National Council (MNC) headquartered in the city condoled the death and paid homage to their 52-yearold departed leader Naorem Babu Singh, who left for his heavenly abode on January 14 at a Silchar-based nursing home, a press release received here stated. The MNC resolved to follow the footsteps of their departed leader and to complete his unfinished tasks for a united and prosperous Manipuri nation.the MNC was hopeful that Naorem Babu Singh s ideology and spirit of sacrifice will always inspire its members forever. Besides being the president of MNC, Naorem Babu was actively associated with various socio-cultural organisations of Assam. An active founder member of United Manipuri Association, Assam, he was also a member of Manipuri Sahitya Panshad, Assam, Kamrup district committee, besides being the founder secretary of Kanglei Salai Sintha Lup, Guwahati, and an RSS member. He is survived by two daughters and a son, besides relatives and well-wishers. Motorcycle stolen DOOMDOOMA, Jan 24: A Hero Honda Splendor Plus motorcycle bearing registration No. AS-23-D-3560 and owned by Abhoy Khataniar, former president of Daimukhia Gaon Panchayat, who is a resident of Rupbon under Doomdooma Police Station was stolen from Doomdooma town on Sunday. An FIR was lodged at Doomdooma Police Station in this connection. The meeting was jointly chaired by Pradip Kumar Moran and Jyotish Saikia, presidents of Tinsukia and Dibrugarh district committees of the association respectively. The speakers who addressed the meeting urged the State Government to provincialise all the venture schools of the State soon by enacting a new law immediately. They also urged Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma not to do politics on this vital issue which concerns the future of thousands of minors, besides bread and butter of several thousand teachers. The meeting passed a number of resolutions and urged the State Government to provincialise all the venture schools by enacting a new law during the next session of the Assam Legislative Assembly, to grant an ex-gratia of Rs 5,00,000/ - each to those teachers who retired after serving in such venture schools of the State. The meeting also urged the Government to sanction similar ex-gratia to the families of those teachers who died during their service period. Further, the meeting also decided to send separate memorandums to the Governor, Chief Minister and to the Education Minister of the State on this important matter. UBI staff shortage: The customers of United Bank of India (UBI) here have been suffering a lot due to shortage of staff. According to information available, at present the bank branch has over 45,000 customers. But in order to attend to such a large customers base, the branch has only five allotted staff, including the branch manager. Though the branch manager has reportedly informed the higher authority of the bank about the problems faced by the customers due to shortage of staff in the branch, but the higher ups are yet to take any effective measure to solve the problem. Moreover, following the recent decision of the Union Government to pay wages of the tea garden labourers through their respective bank accounts, the labourers have opened their bank accounts in this branch too. Consequently, the number of customers in the bank branch has witnessed a phenomenal increase since the last few weeks. With only five staff at his disposal, the branch manager has obviously been finding it uphill to attend to the ever-increasing rush of customers. The condition of the bank staff becomes all the more worse when any one of them avails leave, following which the existing staff are overburdened with additional responsibilities, while the customers suffer for no fault of theirs. On the other hand, the passbook update process in the branch has been totally stopped since the last four months due to shortage of staff. A few customers of the bank lamented before this Correspondent that bank staff often misbehave with the customers. They also alleged that the limited space of the present bank branch is insufficient to accommodate over a hundred customers at a time. The customers therefore appealed to the higher bank authority to take prompt measures to solve these nagging problems at the earliest possible. Members of All Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation taking out a cultural rally on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, at Dhekiajuli on Monday. UB Photos Melvin Jones birth centenary celebrated NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Jan 24: On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Melvin Jones, the founder of Lions Club International, the occasion was celebrated here with ceremonial distribution of rice bags among the underprivileged people. Lakhimpur Lions Club and Lions Club of Lakhimpur Prerona distributed rice bags to economically backward people on Friday at two different places of the town to mark the 100th birthday of the founder of Lions Club International, besides 100 years of services to mankind. Lakhimpur Lions Club distributed 200 bags of rice to economically backward people on January 13. The distribution ceremony was held at the Town Bor Masjid where the president of the club, Manik Lal Damani and members Dr Upendra Nath Dutta and Raj Agarwal distributed the rice bags. Similarly, Lions Club of Lakhimpur Prerona distributed 80 bags of rice among the backward residents at Koilamari Tea Estate on the same day. The president of the club Jyotshna Medak and secretary Bharati Phukan Gogoi along with members Tazwara Talukdar, Saroj Giria, Farhana Ahmed and Jyotshna Baruah participated in the rice bag-distribution ceremony. Seminar organised at Bhawanipur college ANN Service PATACHARKUCHI, Jan 24: A two- day UGC-sponsored national seminar is going to be organised at Bhawanipur Anchalik College on January 30 and 31on the topic, Human Rights Education: Significance and Challenges. The seminar will be held under the aegis of the Political Science Department of the college in collaboration with AR- VUT Society of Barpeta Road. Interested teachers, research scholars, students and other academicians have been urged to contact the seminar organising committee for participation. A Bhagawat yatra-cum-cultural procession being taken out to mark the 6th annual conference of Baksa district Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha at Thomna in Baksa district, on Monday. UB Photos Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal along with other dignitaries releasing a souvenir at the unveiling function of Prabhuram Karki s bust at Morisuti LP School premises in Sonitpur district, on Monday. UB Photos More ATMs sought for Hailakandi TEs HAILAKANDI, Jan 24: With a view to ensure that tea garden workers do not face hardship in bank transaction-related matters and to make it within their reach, the Hailakandi district administration has placed indent for ATMs and bank branches for all the 17 tea gardens and their out divisions across the district. In a communique to the Director of Institutional Finance, Deputy Commissioner Moloy Bora placed an indent for 27 ATMs within the garden premises for the HAFLONG, Jan 24: The majestic Barail mountain range is now a No-Hunting Zone. This decision was taken by the Notun Leikul Village Council recently, headed by its gaonburah-cum-president of Barail Mountain Festival Organising Committee, Tour AD, Letjohao Singson in the run-up to the Barail Mountain Festival-2017, organised on January 5 by five villages of Barail range Notun Leikul (host village), Doiheng, Jatinga, Kelelo and Longma, to promote Good response to first-ever alumni meet at Assam University SILCHAR, Jan 24: The first-ever alumni meet of Assam University was held here on Monday. The meet was organised by the alumni association of the varsity in association with Assam University under the Utsav Jyotirgamaya scheme at the Netaji Subhash Mukta Mancha, which witnessed a large turnout of students of yesteryears. In a function held on the occasion, Prof Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, the working chairman of the alumni association said that members of association shall take steps to construct a 1,000-seater new auditorium, which is the need of the hour for the greater convenience of the plantation workers and a bank branch near Lallamukh Tea Estate. District Labour Officer Alimuddin Barbhuiya said a few ATMs have already been installed following a pro-active role played by the Deputy Commissioner. If more ATMs and bank branches come up, it will immensely benefit the tea garden workers, as they no longer have to go to the town for banking transaction, he said. Barbhuiya further disclosed that all the tea garden managements have agreed to provide space in their garden premises interest of the university fraternity. Prof Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice Chancellor of the university said, the university is only 24 years old and has a lot to achieve in the years ahead. We are open to constructive criticism and the alumni association must cooperate and engage in frequent interactions for the development of such an institution of higher learning. Congratulating the association for hosting such a grand event, Cachar Deputy Commissioner S Vishwanathan urged the alumni association to step up to assist the varsity authorities in solving their long-pending problems. The alumni association must work towards the betterment of the university. The association must build a stronger for installation of ATMs. It augurs well that all the tea garden managements have agreed to allot space for setting up of ATMs following a series of meetings with the Deputy Commissioner, he added. It may be mentioned that the payment of wages to the individual bank accounts of tea garden workers are being made through Customer Service Providers (CSPs) of designated bank branches. Here, Assam Gramin Vikash Bank is leading from the front followed by UBI, SBI, Allahabad Bank and Union Bank. Barail mountain range declared No-Hunting Zone conservation of biodiversity and indigenous cultures of the multi-ethnic groups of the Barail range through ecotourism. No individual from the villages or from outside will be allowed to hunt, trap or kill wildlife (including birds) in the Barail mountain zone, which also includes a total stop to poisoning of rivers for fishing in the zone. Moreover, the village council unanimously resolved to plant 20 saplings or more by each household of the village every year. It may be recalled that several years earlier, the N Leikul village council had demarcated village forest reserve and catchment areas, wherein tree felling was banned. It is hoped that more villages and people in the near future would derive inspiration from the villagers of Notun Leikul. The village council also demarcated the earlier village reserve and will enforce No Tree Felling in the catchment areas. The village youth committee has been asked to convey the message that Barail is No Hunting Zone, to the nearby villages. Forest Minister rues denuded condition of Behali RF BISWANATH CHARIALI, Jan 24: It is very painful to see the denuded condition of the Behali Reserve Forest, which was declared an RF by the British rulers 100 years ago with a view to preserve its flora and fauna, observed State Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma at the centenary celebration of Behali Reserve Forest under East Sonitpur Forest Division on Saturday. She lamented that she could not see any wild animals or valuable trees, except for some shrubs in the reserve forest. She questioned the rationale behind such a celebration, in an area stricken of its valuable trees, which no longer fits to be called a forest it the true sense. It may be mentioned that the public meet under reference Pramila Rani Brahma was held at Bihmari LP School under the aegis of East Sonitpur Forest Division and Nature s Banyapran, a local NGO with Ranjit Dutta, State Minister for Irrigation and Handloom and Textile, in the chair. The Forest Minister also criticised the lackadaisical attitude of some forest officials towards their duty and announced that an enquiry would be initiated into alleged misappropriation of funds sanctioned for the development of Behali Reserve Forest by the concerned officials. Taking part as a distinguished guest in the meeting, Forest Man Jadav Payeng called upon all present to plant trees on the banks of the Brahmaputra. The Chief Conservator of Forest Rongke Kiling, Deputy Conservator of Forest AK Srivastav, Conservator of Forest of Northern Assam PC Sonar, Deputy Commissioner of Biswanath Asitaksha Chakravarty etc, among others, were present on the occasion. network by using social media as well. Kirit Pradyut Bikram Kishore Manikya, the King of Tripura who also joined the function, said that students in India are flooded with information and there is little emphasis on knowledge exchange. He said that people of Tripura always look upto Assam University for pursuing education. Dr Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar of the university, Prof NB Dey, former chairman of the alumni association and Prodipto Das, convener of the association, also spoke on the occasion. Rich tributes were paid to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary, while a number of competitive and cultural events were held to mark the meet.

9 STATE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Sirish Festival to honour Samir Tanti, Ram Sasoni GUWAHATI, Jan 24: To acknowledge the contribution of the tea tribes in strengthening the greater Assamese society, the APPL Foundation, an NGO, has been organising the Sirish Festival since The third edition of the festival will be held from February 4 and 5 at Naharkatia town field, said a press release. The first Sirish Festival in 2015 was organised at Hathikhuli TE while the second was held at Powai TE, Margherita. Sirish-2017, being held in Naharkatia will showcase the tradition, cultures and way of living of the tea tribe community. Apart from the local population of Naharkatia and adjoining TEs, this festival will be Farmers conclave ends in North Lakhimpur witnessed and contested by the six finalists teams from across Assam and West Bengal, chosen from among 90 teams constituting 1,350 artistes from the tea tribe community. The preliminary rounds were held in Rungamutty TE (West Bengal), Hattigor TE (Udalguri), Lattakoojan TE (Golaghat), Chabua TE (Dibrugarh) and Naharkatia TE (Dibrugarh). The highlight of the festival will be honouring of two icons from the community one each from the fields of literature and culture. This year Samir Tanti (Literature) and Ram Sasoni (Culture) will be presented the Sirish Award, constituting a cheque of Rs 1 lakh each and citations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presenting the National Bravery Awards 2016 to Tankeswar Pegu of Golaghat, Assam in the presence of Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj, in New Delhi on Monday. 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Security sources told The Assam Tribune that though the Assam Rifles has been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the international border with Myanmar, the movement of the ultras from their bases in the neighbouring country has not been stopped, while, despite assurances, the Government of that country is yet to take firm steps to evict the camps of the ultras. The terrain along the international border areas is also helping the militants, while, on its part, the Government of India has not been able to create proper infrastructure like border roads, camps of the border guarding force etc along the international border, which also affected the performance of the force. On the other hand, strong presence of Naga people on both sides of the international border, particularly the strong bases of the NSCN (K) is also a matter of concern. Though the Government decided to raise physical barriers on some parts of the international border, the move faced strong resistance of the people living along the border because they were of the view that such a move would affect the age old traditional trade and relations between India and Myanmar. Taking advantage of the porous international border, the militants can very easily sneak into India from their bases in the neighbouring country to indulge in acts of violence in the North East. Of late, the militants are preferring the Arunachal-Myanmar border, particularly through the Changlang district, where the NSCN(K) has strong presence. Meanwhile, security sources admitted that the involvement of CorCom, an umbrella organization of seven militant outfits of Manipur, in incidents of violence in Assam is a matter of serious concern. In the past, militants belonging to the NSCN (K) were involved in acts of violence inside Assam, but Manipur based outfits rarely came into the picture. However, the involvement of CorCom in the recent attack on Assam Rifles in Jagoon in Tinsukia district has been confirmed. Sources said that it is yet to be ascertained what prompted Manipur bases outfits to involve in violence in Assam. The main question now is whether the Manipur based outfits joined hands with the ULFA(I) for a joint operation for the convenience of both or they were ordered by someone else to do so, sources pointed out. Preparation on to celebrate Krishak Swahid Divas as State function MANGALDAI, Jan 24: The BJP-led State government is going to celebrate the Krishak Swahid Divas commemorating the historic Pathorughat peasants uprising as an official government function with a two-day-long programme on January 27 and 28 next. This is the first time that the State government has taken up the entire responsibility of observing the central event of its own unlike the previous years when it was celebrated by the local people with some assistance from the local administration. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will grace the open session of the celebration scheduled from 11 am on January 28 as the chief guest. The decision of the State government has brought about high hopes among the people here for taking the historic peasant uprising of Pathorughat in January 28, 1894 into the national level. Meanwhile the district administration has made elaborate arrangements for the successful and smooth conduct of the function, for which several sub committees have been formed under the supervision of senior officials of the administration. In a joint meeting of the publicity sub committees with representatives of different local media organisations on Saturday, Pallavi Sarma Choudhury, convener of the Sub Committee as well as Assistant Commissioner in presence of Samar Kalita, District Information and Public Relation Officer sought all sorts of cooperation from the media for wide publicity of the proposed event. It may be mentioned here after assuming his office as the Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal is going to visit Darrang for the first time. Moreover, it is significant to note here that during his tenure as the president of All Assam Students Union (AASU), the Sonowal-led AASU centrally celebrated the centenary celebration of the Krishak Swahid Divas with a three-daylong programme. Sipajhar legislator Binanda Saikia during his tenure as the vice president of AASU also played a key role in organising the centenary celebration. On the other hand, Pathoru Xamannay Gosthi, a leading socio-cultural organisation of the Patharighat area has demanded a national-level seminar in New Delhi to bring to the notice of the nation this ignored but glorious chapter of the freedom struggle. In a petition to the Chief Minister, Dibakar Barua and Mostak Hussain, president and secretary of the organisation respectively have also demanded other charter of demands, including setting up of a tomb in the nation s capital National Girl Child Day observed GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Along with other parts of Assam, the National Girl Child Day was also observed at Udalguri Girls High School by the District Child Protection unit in association with the UNICEF. An awareness rally was organised in which nearly 600 people took part. Streetplays were also performed in various locations in the district to raise awareness about the rights of children, especially girl child, a press release added. 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On the 21st meet of the standing committee held on January 23, the college got A grade with 3.05 CGPA. As soon as the result was declared, various organisations of the locality including the college authority expressed their happiness and congratulated the college for shining with a higher grade and also for adding glory to the educational hub. ANN Service NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Jan 24: The three-day farmers conclave called Krishak Utsav, concluded on Monday at North Lakhimpur with calls to end contract work system in State s agriculture sector and make accessible the State machinery for the peasants. The three-day conclave was organised by Orchid India, a local NGO with the active collaboration of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat and National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD). The conclave began with the hoisting of the silver jubilee flag of Orchid India. Newly-elected Lakhimpur MP, Pradan Baruah attended the inaugural function as the chief guest. The first farmers session was held on that day on Economic Development by Organic Tea. This was followed by a meet on women farmers. A technical session on Aromatic plant Sanchi (Agor) and its role in economic development was organised on the first day of the conclave. This was followed by a discussion on Participation of youth in agriculture. On the second day of the conclave, a seminar on fair pricing of agriculture products was held. Dr Ananta Saikia, professor of horticulture, AAU, Jorhat attended the seminar as the resource per- son. This was followed by a seminar on Farmers banking concept, SHGs and joint responsibility unit was held. The open session of the farmers conclave was held on Monday at Tyagkshetra in North Lakhimpur which was chaired by Dr KM Buzarbaruah, Vice Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. The welcome address of the meeting was delivered by the chairman of Orchid India, Rishi Raj Hazarika. In his address, Hazarika announced the starting of the Farmer's Institute of Agriculture and Skill Development in upper Zoihing area of Lakhimpur from State Agriculture Minister Atul Borah attended the session as the chief guest. In his address Borah reiterated the State government s policy of ending the contract system in the agriculture sector and bringing back the department to the peasants.

10 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 WEATHER NORTHEAST Forecast for NE: Weather is most likely to remain dry over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Shallow to moderate fog is very likely to occur at isolated pockets over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during next 72 hrs. No large change in minimum temperatures at most places over the region during next 72 hrs. Warning: Nil Temperatures Max ( C) Min ( C) Dibrugarh Tezpur Silchar Dhubri Jorhat N Lakhimpur Shillong Imphal Itanagar Aizwal Agartala Kohima Pasighat Cherrapunjee JCC threatens indefinite bandh over ULB polls KOHIMA, Jan 24: A Joint Coordination Committee of Naga organisations has threatened an indefinite bandh in Nagaland if the State government fails to postpone the February 1 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls by January 26. Opposing 33 per cent quota for women, the JCC consisting of Naga Council Dimapur, Central Nagaland Tribes Council and other tribal bodies has been demanding postponement of the ULB elections. The JCC made the demand in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister after holding a rally at Dimapur yesterday. The committee said the civil societies do not have any intention to suppress women s rights but we oppose the divisive policy of the government to suppress the wishes and rights of the Nagas in general. If the State government fails to appreciate the appeal of the people and postpone the election by January 26, they would be compelled to call for an indefinite bandh in the whole of Nagaland, for which the government shall be held responsible, the JCC said. PTI AGARTALA, Jan 24: The Narendra Modi government has a vision to connect all the northeastern State capitals by 2020 to turn the region into a developed part of the country, said Railways Minister Suresh P Prabhu. The Northeast is lagging behind, but the days are not far when it will become a most developed part of the country due to the all-out efforts in this regard, he said after flagging off a passenger train service between Agartala and Udaipura from Delhi s Railways Board through video conferencing on Tuesday. The Northeast region is a priority for the Modi government. The railway budgetary outlay for the NE has been increased substantially from Rs 2,121 crore during UPA regime SPL NEW DELHI, Jan 24: In a move to boost supply of essential commodities, the Centre has dispatched 35 tonnes of petroleum products to Manipur to tackle the crisis arising out of the United Naga Council (UNC)-sponsored economic blockade on the National Highways. The economic blockade, which completed the 85th day today, has crippled normal life in the State. Official sources said 70 tonnes more petroleum products will be sent soon. 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SI. Name of the Courses Duration of Qualification Age Total Nos. of Name of the STP No course (Hrs) Candidates 1 House keeping Executive th Associate customer care (Non th Basic Academy for voice) Building Lifelong 3 Rural Mason 640 5th Employability Ltd. 4 Front Office Associate th Field Technician- Computing th/ITI and Peripherals Sadba Institute of 6 Account Executive 190 B.Com Technology & Receivables and Payable management 7 Data Entry Operator th House Keeper 520 5th Centurn work skills 9 Front Office Cum th Indi Ltd. 10 BPO Voice th Integrated Course in Hair, Skin 650 8th and Make-up Indus Integrated 12 Plumber (General) 360 5th information 13 Engineer technical support th (SC) management Ltd. (level 1) 14 General Duty Assistant 280 8th Brainware consultancy Pvt. Ltd. 15 Departmental Manager th pass (1st year Bachelor) 16 Store Operating Assistant 240 N/A Field Technician- Computing th/ ITI Ascensive Educare and Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. 18 Account Executive Recording 140 B.Com House Keeping supervisor th Field Technician - Home 400 8th Retail Operations th Briti Prosikshan Pvt.Ltd. The applicant can collect the application form from the office of the City Mission Management Unit, Goalpara (NULM section) and Goalpara Municipal Board. Also candidates can collect from the respective course for respective training centre. Last date of submission of Application form on or before Sd/- CPO/EO City Mission Management Unit, Goalpara, Janasanyog/1491/16 Goalpara Municipal Board, Goalpara NORTH EAST All NE State capitals to be on railway map by 2020: Prabhu national highway that connects Assam with the Manipur capital, a police officer said. There were no casualties despite fierce exchange of fire between the security forces and the tribal militants near Khongkhang around noon, the officer said. About 300 trucks and oil tankers, proceeding from Jiribam, adjacent to Assam, under armed escort of Central Reserve Police Force and Seema Suraksha Bal personnel, were attacked along NH-37, the officer said. The militants chose a difficult section of the highway with numerous hairpin bends to launch the stealth attack on the commercial vehicles. A loaded oil tanker was punctured by bullets but it did not explode. A driver present on the scene said: It took over 30 minutes to plug the bullet holes, as petrol was gushing out of the tanker. The vehicles were halted during this time. The militants fled as the security personnel escorting the to Rs 5,316 crore during the Modi government, he said. He said the NFR has set a target to connect Sabroom, Tripura s southernmost subdivision, by 2019 by putting all efforts. The Modi government has a vision to see the Northeast region flourishing in all fronts. That s why modern equipment are being used in the region, he added. After the extension of the railway line up to Udaipur, two Centre dispatches petroleum products to Manipur stock of food grains and petroleum products in Manipur and how to replenish the supply. The Central government has informed the Election Commission about the move as the Assembly election is due in Manipur on March 4 and 8. As reported, the Centre had decided to accord top priority to re-opening of the National Highway 2, connecting Manipur with Assam, in the wake of the economic blockade. About 20,000 Central paramilitary forces are being rushed to the State. The Union Home Minister had on January 15 chaired a meeting, which was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat besides Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and other top officials. The meeting focused on reopening the blocked National Highway 2, the lifeline of landlocked Manipur, and restore normalcy. While the other highway, National Highway 37 has been partially reopened, the Centre wants to reopen the NH 2 too as early as possible, the sources said. In a stern message, the Centre had told the Manipur government that it cannot escape responsibility for the humanitarian crisis arising out of the economic blockade by a Naga group and must work to end it. Militants ambush convoy along Manipur-Assam highway IMPHAL, Jan 24: Suspected armed militants on Tuesday ambushed a convoy of trucks and oil tankers along a The Agartala-Udaipur passenger train being flagged off, at the Agartala Railway Station on Tuesday. UB Photos vehicles retaliated. Additional forces were rushed to launch a combing operation. The militants are believed to have fled to the mountains, a security personnel added. Some weeks back, two drivers were injured in a similar attack while some vehicles were also damaged as the militants fired from automatic rifles. However, no arrests were made. There have been ambushes of police personnel in the Imphal-Moreh sector of the Trans Asian Highway-1, claiming lives of some personnel and injuring several others. Recently, tribal militants also opened fire killing a civilian and injuring three others in Noney district along NH-37. Police said a similar ambush was carried out by NSCN(IM) militants also. The Manipur government has said despite its request for 60 companies of Central paramilitary forces, only 29 companies were sent to Manipur to escort vehicles along NH-37. IANS Nagaland Municipal Act misinterpreted DIMAPUR, Jan 24: The Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR) expressed shock that the provisions of the Nagaland Municipal Act were misinterpreted by vested interests to the innocent villagers in many communities who were made to believe that the very existence of the Nagas is being threatened by the Act. How can a demand to hold municipal elections be considered anti-naga when the Nagas are actively participating in general, parliamentary and town council elections for many decades? it asked. The JACWR said that women s right to participate in poll process has been violated by the threats and use of force, where candidates were unable to file their nominations and forced to withdraw from the race. NESO raises voice against citizenship to Hindu migrants GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The North East Students Organisation (NESO) today raised its voice against the bid to grant Indian citizenship to the illegal Hindu migrants from Bangladesh. The NESO said in a statement here this evening that in its emergent meeting, held here today, opposed the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which aims to recognise all Hindu Bangladeshis as Indian Citizens. The Government of India should know and understand that the Northeast is not a dumping ground of illegal migrants whoever they are, be they Hindus or Muslims. The northeastern region will not take any more burdens of illegal foreigners who came after 1971 as per the Assam Accord, the students body said in a resolution. The meeting of the students body also expressed serious concern over the suffering of the common people of Manipur due to the prevailing situation there and decided to send a delegation to New Delhi to meet the Union Home Minister with a plea to resolve the issue at the earliest. It needs mention here that since November 1, 2016 some ethnic groups have been taking recourse to economic blockade in Manipur following creation of seven new districts there by the State government. The students body said in a resolution that the Union government should intervene in the matter. ATTENTION ALL SMALL TEA GROWERS AND BOUGHT TEA LEAF FACTORIES 1) All Tea Estate/ Plantation whose aggregate area of specified lands is below forty hectares. 2) All bought tea leaf factories who buy green tea leaves from tea estate whose aggregate area of specified lands is below forty hectares. It has been reported that the bought tea leaf factories buying green tea leaves from tea estates having aggregate area of specified lands below forty hectares are deducting tax under the Assam Taxation (On Specified Lands) Act, 1990 at the rate of 25 paise per kg. instead of 15 paise per kg. in spite of the amended provision notified vide Government Notification No. LGL.42/ 2004/124 dated , wherein the rate of tax for such tea estates has been reduced to 15 paise per kg. in place of 25 paise per kg. w.e.f Therefore, it is impressed upon all concerned to follow the amended provision in respect of deduction of tax at source under the Assam Taxation (On Specified Lands) Act, For any further details, please contact your nearest Sales Tax Office or the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Assam, Kar Bhawan, Guwahati-6. Phone No. : ; Fax No. : Janasanyog/8640/16 PUBLIC NOTICE (FINAL MERIT LIST OF ASSISTANT TEACHER UNDER SSA, ASSAM) No.SSA/TT/Engagement of Asst. Teacher/472/2016/8504 Date: This is for general information that the Final Merit List for the post of Asst. Teacher (Lower Primary, Upper Primary-Social Science, Upper Primary- Maths & Science) on contractual basis under Sarba Siksha Abhiyan, Assam in connection with this office Advertisement No.SSA/TT/Engagement of Asstt. Teacher/ 472/2016, dated , has been declared today. The Final Merit List is uploaded in the official website of SSA, Assam: ( In case of detection of any ineligibility of these selected candidates (in future) as per terms and condition of the advertisement or NCTE norms the authority reserves the right to cancel/reject the selection of such candidate even after issuing of engagement letter or his/her engagement in school without any further notice. All the selected candidates are hereby requested to attend the 1- day Orientation Programme cum Engagement letters Distribution Ceremony at Gauhati Medical College Auditorium, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-05 on 27th January 2017 at 8.30 a.m. positively. All the selected candidates are requested to bring their Original TET/CTET pass Certificate with them. It is mandatory to show the TET/CTET pass Certificate to enter the Auditorium and to collect the Appointment letter. Only selected candidates will be allowed to enter the Auditorium. Date: , Time:8.30 a.m. Venue: Gauhati Medical College Auditorium, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-05 Janasanyog/1500/16 famous temples Kamakhya (in Guwahati) and Tripura Sundari temple (in Udaipur) have been connected by railway network. As I love the northeast region, I frequently visit the region to oversee the ongoing railway projects in the region, Prabhu said. In his speech, PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury welcomed the Bangladesh government s decision to open all pre-independent era Indo- Bangla railway links. We want the Centre to connect Chittagong port (Bangladesh) with Sabroom for betterment of the entire Northeast region. If this happens, the South East Asian nations will be accessible to the NE region in near future, he said. In his speech, Transport Minister Manik Dey highlighted the State s bottleneck in the communication system. Dhaka has already agreed to provide Chittagong port access to Tripura. If Chittagong port is accessible, then Sabroom will be gateway to the SEA nations, he said. Short Tender Notice Inviting re e-tender No: II No: SMEJ/JMCH/989/Pt-VII/2017/134 Date: Sealed bids (two bid system) are invited from manufacturers/ firm/ dealers/ suppliers for supply of Mammography Machine for the Department of Radiology, JMCH, Jorhat, as per following schedule: Date and Time of Pre-Bid Date and Time of Date and Time of Date and Time of Total Items Publishing of Bid Meeting Date End of Bid Submission Opening of Technical Bid Opening of Price Bid in NIT Document 12:30 PM 11:00 Noon 11:00 AM 12:00 Noon 11:00 AM 01 of of of of of (One) 1. The details of the tender, formats, terms & conditions and subsequent addendum /corrigendum /cancellation /re-tender etc. may be seen from/obtained from the institutional website 2. Tender shall be submitted online only through the website: 3. The Institute reserves the right to reject any/ all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever. Janasanyog/4350/16 National Girl Child Day DIMAPUR, Jan 24: To highlight and create awareness, promote the status of the girl child in society, Nagaland along with the rest of the country observed the National Girl Child Day at Kohima today. Highlighting the discrimination the girl child faces since birth, Zeliang said the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme was launched to remove all discrimination against girl child prevalent in the society. Observing that the low sex ratio was mostly due to deliberate human intention, he expressed concern over the report of low sex ratio in Longleng district in Nagaland, which is also one of the 100th gender critical districts in the country. CORRIGENDUM In the advertisement published in Niyomiya Batra and The Assam Tribune on , the following should be included. The candidate for post of teacher in any school should have passed HSLC or equivalent Examination with Assamese subject either as MIL or any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Assamese, Bengali subject either as MIL or any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Bengali, Bodo subject either as MIL or any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Bodo, Hindi subject either MIL or any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Hindi. In absence of above mentioned criteria, if a candidate read up to HSLC level in Assamese, Bengali, Bodo medium High School/H. S. School/Junior College he/she may also be eligible in the Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Bodo medium School respectively Further, the diploma certificate in Assamese language issued by the Axom Sahitya Shabha in case of requirement of Assamese language either as MIL or as any elective subject in HSLC or equivalent examination in respect of the candidates who have qualified TET during 2016 to be acceptable will also be accepted. N.B:- Please read as Bhogeswar Hazarika Girls H. S. School instead of Bhogeswar Hazarika Girls High School. The last date of receipt of application is extended to Inspector of Schools Janasanyog/1493/16 Nagaon Dist, Circle Nagaon Sd/- Principal cum Chief Superintendent Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, Jorhat Sd/- Mission Director Sarba Siksha Abhiyan,Assam

11 BUSINESS & ECONOMY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 CAPSULE Ajanta Pharma NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Drug firm Ajanta Pharma today said that there is no import alert by the USFDA on the company s manufacturing unit in Aurangabad and it continues to supply to the US market. We want to clarify that there is no import alert on us by USFDA and we continue to supply to US market, Ajanta Pharma said in a BSE filing. PTI HDFC Bank net NEW DELHI, Jan 24: HDFC Bank today reported a per cent growth in net profit to Rs 3, crore for the third quarter of the current fiscal. The private sector bank had posted a net profit of Rs 3, crore in the October-December quarter of last fiscal. PTI Lupin launch NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Drug major Lupin has launched generic version of contraceptives Ortho-Cyclen tablets after approval from the US health regulator. In a BSE filing, Lupin said, It has launched its Norgestimate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets USP, 0.25 mg/0.035 mg having received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier to market a generic version of Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc s Ortho-Cyclen 28 tablets. PTI SBI General Insurance MUMBAI, Jan 24: SBI General Insurance Company today said it has launched its Long Term Two Wheeler Insurance Policy-package providing cover for up to three consecutive years. The policy, which will be sold across State Bank of India group branches, offers comprehensive coverage for two- wheelers including damage to vehicle and third party property damage or bodily injury, a company statement said. PTI OYO MUMBAI, Jan 24: Online budget network of hotels OYO today announced the launch of Townhouse, which is positioned as a friendly neighbourhood hotel, and is eyeing 250 properties in 12 cities by end of this year. Townhouse will operate as a hotel, community hotspot, cafe and merchandise store to deliver an all-encompassing experience to guests. We are excited to showcase and deliver this proposition today, OYO Founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal said in a release issued here. PTI SBI Life KOLKATA, Jan 24: SBI Life Insurance is expecting to maintain 39 per cent growth in the current financial year as against the industry average of 17 per cent, an official of the company said. Executive director of SBI Life Insurance M Anand told reporters here today that during April to December 2016 the first premium income was Rs 6,941 crore as compared to Rs 4,525 crore in the corresponding period previous fiscal. PTI SBI staff body meet GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The 9th Triennial Circle General Council Meeting of State Bank of India Staff Association, North Eastern Circle will be held at Gauhati Medical College auditorium here on January 28. According to itinerary prepared by the Reception Committee, Sanjeev K Bandlish, General Secretary, All India State Bank of India Staff Association and National Confederation of Bank Employees will inaugurate the open session while PVS LN Murty, chief general manger, NE Circle, will be the chief guest. UM Motorcycles opens first dealership in Guwahati GUWAHATI, Jan 24: UM Motorcycles the Indian arm of the American motorcycle maker UM International, LLC along with Lohia Auto recently made its entry in North East India as it inaugurated its dealership here. The dealership, located at TN Tower, Near LCB College, Maligaon was inaugurated by Rajeev Mishra, Director - UML in the presence of Kishor Jain, Sorav Jain and Ranjay Kumar Jain and other dignitaries and guests, a press release stated. The first dealership of North East India will be spread over a total of 750 sq ft which shall include an area for interacting with customers, and an area to provide the best after sales service and support. Customers will also be able to buy all UM branded accessories from this dealership as well. The company further shared that the recently announced 24x7 Roadside Assistance. Programme (RSA) will also be available for all customers in Guwahati with immediate effect. NEW DELHI, Jan 24: India and the UAE are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on an investment fund during the course of the visit here of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan this week, a senior official said on Tuesday. The UAE (United Arab Emirates), of course, also has the largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF), Amar Sinha, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry, said at a media briefing here. There is an agreement that they will invest nearly $ 75 billion in India over the next couple of years, he said. During the visit (of Sheikh Mohamed), we are hoping that there will be an MoU signed between their investment fund and our National Investment and In- India-UAE MoU on investment fund likely frastructure Fund (NIIF). Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi s historic visit to the UAE in August 2015, the two sides agreed to set up UAE-India Infrastructure Investment Fund, with the aim of reaching a target of $ 75 billion to support investment in India s plans for rapid expansion of next generation infrastructure, especially in railways, ports, roads, airports and industrial corridors and parks. This was reiterated during Sheikh Mohamed s visit to India in February last year. According to Sinha, bilateral trade and commerce will figure prominently during the talks between the two sides. Stating that bilateral trade last year stood at an impressive $ 50 billion, he said that that the UAE is the gateway for our exports to Africa and Central Asia. Bollywood actor and brand ambassador John Abraham flanked by Masaki Asano (3rd left), MD, Sales Yamaha Motors India and Roy Kurian (3rd right), Vice President with other senior officials of Yamaha, launching Yamaha FZ25, in New Delhi on Tuesday. UNI Massive business awaits Railways MUMBAI, Jan 24: Estimating Rs 6.7 trillion business opportunities for the Railways in five years, Crisil today said the upcoming Union Budget could allocate funds to the tune of Rs trillion in this sector for , a move which could help in faster execution of projects in this space. According to Crisil Research, government s move to reinvigorate Indian Railways offers unprecedented business opportunities worth Rs 6.7 trillion in the five years to The business opportunities could be the largest compared to rest of the world except NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The second edition of the Swachh Sarvekshan to rank 500 cities on sanitation and cleanliness has been marred by bribery allegations with one of the surveying team allegedly seeking bribe to give better ranking. One of the surveying teams allegedly sought bribe from municipal authorities of Aurangabad for assigning better ranking, prompting the Quality Council of India (QCI) to take the tough action of suspending the agency conducting the survey, said sources. The Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned the QCI for an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bharat Mission and rank 500 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. China and would be more than 2.5 times the capital expenditure seen in five fiscals to We expect the upcoming Union Budget to earmark Rs trillion spending for next fiscal, the report said. The pipeline of projects, too, is ramping up as sanctions gather pace. Around Rs 1.1 trillion worth of projects were sanctioned on average in the past two fiscals in key segments compared with an average Rs 250 billion in the four fiscals preceding, it added. Crisil Research senior director Prasad Koparkar said the gross budgetary support would Another key area in which the two sides hope to reach an agreement is petroleum reserves, according to Sinha. The UAE is a significant contributor to India s energy security and was the fifth largest supplier of crude oil in We are adding a new element to this relationship of just being a buyer that UAE has decided to become a strategic partner in the energy sector, Sinha said. He said that both sides would be investing and filling up a key petroleum reserve facility in Mangalore. Other areas of cooperation in which India and UAE are looking at include defence and security, space, civil nuclear, and counterterrorism and intelligence sharing. Sheikh Mohamed will be visiting India from Tuesday to Thursday during the course of which he will attend the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers, senior officials and captains of industry. Prime Minister Modi and Sheikh Mohamed will hold bilateral discussions on Wednesday following which a number of agreements are expected to be signed. The visiting dignitary will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee and and meet Vice President Hamid Ansari. This year, a contingent of the UAE armed forces will also be marching with the Indian armed forces at the Republic Day parade. Sinha said that apart from participating in the events in New Delhi, the UAE Economy Minister and business delegation would also go to Vishakhapatnam to participate in the CII s Partnership Summit. IANS Swachh Sarvekshan survey team under scanner mainly go towards network decongestion and expansion. Secured debt of Rs 1.5 trillion from the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), and Rs 523 billion loan from the World Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have already been tied up, Koparkar said. These will lead to higher allocation for, and faster execution of, strategic and remunerative projects, he added. As per the report, loan from LIC is expected to boost investments in electrification and track-doubling projects, which offer adequate returns. The multilateral funds, on the other hand, are expected to aid investments in dedicated freight corridors (DFCs). Consequently, we see planned capex on network decongestion and rolling stock materialising largely by fiscal 2020, the report noted. Going by Crisil s estimates, high-impact projects involving decongestion would be prioritised over new lines, and open up a Rs 2.4 trillion business opportunity. Investment in rolling stock locomotives and coaches is seen at Rs 1.1 trillion. Of this, purchase of locomotives would account for nearly half. PTI NABARD to raise Rs 20,000 cr for on-lending to co-op banks NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The Union Cabinet today permitted NABARD to raise about Rs 20,000 crore from the market for on-lending to cooperative banks at 4.5 per cent interest with an aim to provide cheaper crop loans to farmers. In the light of good monsoon and expectation of increased credit demand and in order to boost agricultural production, the farmers need to be supported through cooperative banks, which purvey credit at their doorstep, to enable them to scale up their agricultural operation, an official said. NABARD will make short term borrowings at prevailing market rate of interest for approximately Rs 20,000 crore for on-lending to cooperative banks at 4.5 per cent, said a statement issued after the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave post-facto nod to the proposal. An additional capital of Rs 2,000 crore is to be provided to NAB- ARD for this purpose through the Union Budget, it added. To start with, additional capital of Rs 500 crore may be released to NABARD during itself, the release said. Further, an interest subvention of about 1.8 per cent and NABARD s administrative cost of 0.2 per cent will be provided as per the scheme of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW). The extent of interest subvention may vary depending on the rate at which NABARD raises funds, the release said. The approval will ensure increased availability of short term crop loans to farmers through cooperative banks at reduced rate of interest, it said. The NABARD will also coordinate the conversion of operative/live Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) into RuPay/ATM-enabled KCCs by cooperative banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in a mission mode. PTI When contacted, QCI confirmed the incident saying one assessment team (out of several hundred) engaged for city assessment of Aurangabad was compromised; it allegedly took bribe from municipal authorities and was apprehended. The said team came from the inspection body Moody International (INTERTEK) who have been doing work of assessment across 44 countries and in existence since the last 130 years. This is first instance where a serious allegation seeks to compromise the deep layers fairness and transparency of assessment developed by QCI, the council said in a statement to PTI. QCI engaged four inspection bodies accredited on International benchmarks ISO for checking compliance of sanitation. This is an individual act of violation, caught early and acted upon immediately. We are determined to use Aurangabad only to strengthen the system, QCI chairman Adil Zainulbhai said. QCI, he said, has undertaken many specific decisions to revalidate its system and to deliver six-sigma level of quality. The Aurangabad assessment has been made null and void. New dates of assessment will be given to Aurangabad with a new team, he said. Moody International (INTERTEK) has been disengaged for any further assessment. Also, an internal committee has BSE IPO fully subscribed NEW DELHI, Jan 24: BSE s initial public offer the first by a domestic stock exchange in India to raise up to Rs 1,243 crore was fully subscribed by the afternoon trade today, the second day of the offer. The IPO, which closes tomorrow, received bids for 1,08,89,568 shares against the total issue size of 1,07,99,039 shares, data available with the NSE till 1:30 pm showed. The stock exchange aims to raise up to Rs 1,243 crore from the IPO, which is priced at Rs per share. During the initial share sale which is also a first by any company this year shareholders will sell million shares estimated to be around Rs 1, crore at the higher end of the price band. The IPO of 15,427,197 shares of face value of Rs 2 each will constitute up to per cent of the fully-diluted post offer issued share capital of BSE. Bids for the issue can be made for a minimum of 18 shares and in multiples of 18 thereafter. PTI Samsung service vans in Telangana HYDERABAD, Jan 24: Samsung India today announced the launch of its service vans for Telangana to provide world-class service to its customers at their door steps. As many as 19 service vans were flagged off in the city in the first phase of the initiative by Anurag Prashar, vice president, Customer Satisfaction at Samsung India in the presence of key dealers and distributors, a press release issued by Samsung said. These vans will reach out to 68 talukas across the State with each van being equipped with a DG set and key fixtures, enabling multi-skilled service engineers to provide quick response and on-spot resolution of complaints. The unique customer service initiative for consumers across India was launched in October 2016 and will see a total of 535 service vans connecting 6,000 talukas. The new initiative takes Samsung s tally of touch points from 2,000 to over 3,000, helping Samsung extend its lead as the country s largest service network. PTI been set up to look into all reports where the same team has visited so far. The team in question had conducted survey in five other cities. The entire data of Aurangabad has been kept separately for inquiry and the new assessment data will be made, so that the Aurangabad results are compiled later, QCI said. QCI, which had last year ranked 73 cities on cleanliness parameters, has in the second edition completed assessment of 221 cities. The Swachh Survekshan 2017 for ranking 500 cities started on January 4 and is to be completed by February 10. The isolated case of Aurangabad is very disturbing and QCI takes it with utmost seriousness, Zainulbhai added. PTI Sebi for tax rationalisation in capital markets NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Ahead of the Union Budget, markets regulator Sebi has asked the government to consider rationalisation of taxes in capital markets including that of mutual funds and other products. In its Budget proposal to the Finance Ministry, Sebi has recommended reducing the securities transaction tax (STT) on stock trading, sources said. Presently, all stock market transactions attract STT in the range of to per cent. It has also suggested lowering the period of holding in respect of long term debt fund units to 12 months from 36 months. Besides, the regulator has sought an increase in the investment limit for tax-saving equity mutual fund schemes to Rs 2 lakh from the current Rs 1.5 lakh. These suggestions are aimed at attracting more investors. Further, mutual fund industry body AMFI has also proposed that debt-linked savings scheme should be given tax benefits un- AUCTION SALE NOTICE der Sec 80 CCC of Income Tax Act, the sources said. Only equity-linked savings schemes (ELSS) qualify for tax benefits under Section 80 CCC of the Income Tax Act, for an investment limit of up to Rs 1.5 lakh in a fiscal year. Also, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) made a proposal to extend the tax benefits available under Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) to all equity fund investors. To promote investments in equities, the government had introduced RGESS in 2012 for first-time investors with annual income below Rs 12 lakh a year. Further, AMFI has proposed for extending Sec 54 EC benefit for mutual fund schemes with lock-in period of 3-5 years. Section 54 EC of Income Tax Act, 1961 provides an option to save tax on capital gain arising from transfer of long-term capital asset subject to certain conditions. PTI This is for general information for the public that it has been proposed by the Railway Authority to dispose off unconnected and undelivered consignments which are lying at Guwahati Parcel Office since long through public auction to be held on , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and If there is any bandh or holiday the same will be held on next date. Interested bidders are requested to deposit Rs. 5000/- (Five thousand) only individually towards security money before taking part in the auction along with PAN Card No. Railways reserve the right/authority to withdraw any item without showing any reason. Security money deposited by the bidders will be forfeited, if any bidder does not offer any bid after enlisting their name in the bidder list and after bidding highest bid against any consignment and the same is not removed from Railway premises within 24 hrs. after auction/receiving lifting order after paying the full bidding amount. Assistant Commercial Manager, Guwahati NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY SERVING CUSTOMER S WITH A SMILE

12 12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 NATIONAL Kingfisher diverted Rs 263 cr loan for personal use NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Kingfisher Airlines allegedly diverted Rs 263 crore from Rs 900 crore IDBI loan for personal use, CBI today said in its charge sheet filed in a special court in Mumbai. The agency has named former liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines and nine others, including the then IDBI Chairman Yogesh Aggarwal, who were arrested yesterday in connection with the 2015 loan default case, in the charge sheet. It has slapped IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act on the accused. CBI sources said the agency has kept its probe open in the issue of suspected quid pro quo by Mallya and executives of Kingfisher Airlines to expedite the loan process. They said that in this probe, it has come to light that about Rs 263 crore from Rs 900 crore loan was diverted for personal use against norms and regulations. Nine persons, including former executives of Kingfisher Airlines and IDBI officials, were arrested yesterday as the agency fears they might have influenced the witnesses, the sources said. The CBI has not sought the custody of the nine and the arrest is only aimed at VADODARA/NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Tragedy hit Shah Rukh Khan s train promotion campaign for his upcoming Raees when a man died of cardiac arrest during a massive rush to have a glimpse of the superstar at Vadodara railway station in Gujarat that also left two policemen injured. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today took to Twitter to say he has directed Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) to investigate the matter and take stern action against any lapse even as Khan described as really unfortunate the death of the 45- year-old man identified as Far- thwarting any attempt to compromise evidence and witnesses, they said. Former CFO of Kingfisher Airlines A Raghunathan was among those arrested yesterday. They have been sent to judicial custody by the special court in Mumbai. The charge sheet has now paved way for the CBI to approach authorities in the UK for deportation of Mallya who is believed to be in London, the sources said. They said the agency has got a nonbailable warrant issued against Mallya and might also get a Red Corner Notice against him. The CBI, in an FIR registered against Mallya, his defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, Raghunathan and unknown officials of IDBI Bank, had alleged that Rs 900 crore loan was sanctioned in violation of norms regarding credit limits. It had changed the nature of a lookout notice issued against Mallya within one month of issuance - from seeking his detention while leaving the country to that of merely providing information about his travel plans. In the lookout circular issued on October 16, 2015, CBI had said if Mallya tries to leave the country, he should be detained at the exit point. PTI Modi receives UAE Crown Prince at airport NEW DELHI, Jan 24: In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today received at the airport Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who will be the Chief Guest at this year s Republic Day parade. Al Nahyan will hold comprehensive talks with Modi tomorrow after which the two sides are expected to sign nearly 16 pacts including Strategic Cooperation Agreement. PTI Pension scheme for seniors NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Cabinet today approved a pension scheme for senior citizens under which insurance behemoth LIC will provide a guaranteed return of 8 per cent for 10 years, as part of government s social security and financial inclusion programme. The scheme will provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8 per cent per annum for ten years, with an option to opt for pension on a monthly/ quarterly/half yearly and annual basis. The scheme will be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in the current financial year. PTI Man dies at Guj station during Raees train promotion, SRK says unfortunate id Khan Pathan, a local politician from Vadodara. The Gujarat Railway Police ordered an inquiry into the chaos and subsequent death of the man after an estimated 15,000-strong crowd went berserk in the rush to have a look at the 51-year-old superstar when the Mumbai- Delhi August Kranti Rajdhani Express train made its scheduled halt in Vadodara at pm last night. The inquiry was ordered by Western Railway Superintendent of Police (SP), Vadodara Division, Sharad Singhal, who confirmed the death of Pathan during the chaos. The deceased was a relative of one of the journalists travelling with SRK, and had apparently come to meet her. Two policemen were also injured as the crowd went out of control when the train halted in Vadodara and some of them started banging the window panes. Police had to resort to mild lathi-charge to control the situation. Authorities said Pathan died of cardiac arrest. PTI HOUSE & FLATS PLYWOOD KITCHEN APPLIANCES BATHROOM FITTINGS & TILES For Advertising, Call: ,

13 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13 LEISURE & LIFESTYLE Know your DAY By JACQUELINE BIGAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017: This year you see life from a very different perspective than in the past. You feel that if you can conjure up a dream or goal, you can make it happen. You communicate your feelings with precision when you choose to. If you are single, you might blur the line between reality and a romantic fantasy. Be aware of your choices, and be a cynic if need be. If you are attached, the two of you spend a lot of time pursuing your mutual long-term desires. This behavior creates a stronger foundation between you. CAPRICORN tends to play devil s advocate for you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4- Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult. ARIES (March 21-April 19) You would love to throw yourself into a group project or a brainstorming session. You probably will, yet there is a nagging responsibility that beckons you. You might not even be aware of your feelings here, but know that you will in time. Tonight: In the limelight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) One-on-one relating requires your attention and caring. You are able to say more, but at times you might feel as if you need to hold back until you get a better lay of the land. You will come out fine, even if you do not pull back so much. Tonight: Opt for togetherness. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Look to the long term, and tighten up a project. You might even choose go back to school to take a brush-up course in your field. Count on viable feedback from a close friend. Your instincts come through with an older person. Tonight: Opt for an important conversation. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Defer to a partner or loved one. Understand that this person is determined to take over and run the show. Look at your long-term desires. Detach, and you will see many possibilities. This path proves to be the right one for you. Tonight: Say yes to a loved one s suggestion. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Pace yourself. Know that you are human and can do only so much. Remember that nobody s perfect, not even you. A loved one makes a considerable difference in your plans. You could be surprised by how good his or her advice is. Tonight: In the whirlwind of the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might be up for fun and games, but someone else is not. You can use every play in your book, but it probably won t make a difference or change his or her mind. Respect this person and his or her dedication. Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A personal issue keeps floating through your thoughts. Don t you think it would be better to handle the situation now and free yourself up to focus on what you must? You are likely to see this matter differently once it is resolved. Tonight: Head home and indulge yourself. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be less than pleased with a loved one s comment. You also might have misunderstood or misinterpreted what he or she was trying to say. You have a way and style about you that draws in those who often say off-the-wall stuff. Tonight: Hang out at home. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You are aware of what you need to do, but the other party involved might not see eye to eye with you. Listen to your inner voice when handling a financial matter that could have implications regarding your home. Tonight: Swap ideas and solutions with a loved one. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Decide what you want from a situation, and initiate a conversation. You might be delighted that you see eye to eye with a friend over the same issue, but how you arrive at your conclusions could differ. Reach out to a trusted adviser for some feedback. Tonight: All smiles. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Listen to news, and stay centered. You might have a great moneymaking idea, but be sure to test it out before taking any risks. You will want to speak to someone in the know who understands you, your lifestyle and how you think. Tonight: Share ideas with a loved one. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You know what you want and where you are heading. You have been working on a plan that you have held near and dear for years. You might want to test out some of your game plan on a trusted friend, as you know you will get honest feedback from him or her. Tonight: Where the crowds are. Social media addiction could be influenced by your genes, say researchers Media addiction: your genes to blame Thought for the day With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. SCHOPENHAUER Are you anxious that your kid is hooked to social networking sites or busy playing video games through out the night? You now have another reason to blame for the growing addiction: Genes. According to researchers from King s College London, online media use such as social networking, instant messaging and playing games for entertainment and education could be strongly influenced by our genes. Genetic factors was found to influence time spent on all types of media including entertainment (37 per cent) and educational (34 per cent) media, online gaming (39 per cent) and social networking (24 per cent). The study found that people are not passively exposed to media; instead they tailor their online media use based on their own unique genetic predispositions a concept known as gene-environment correlation. The DNA differences substantially influence how individuals interact with the media and puts the consumer in the driver s seat for selecting and modifying their media exposure according to their needs, said lead author Ziada Ayorech from King s College London. Our findings contradict popular media effects theories, which typically view the media as an external entity that has some effect either good or bad on helpless consumers, Ayorech added. In addition, unique environmental factors such as one sibling having a personal mobile phone and the other not, or parents monitoring use of social networks more heavily for one sibling compared to the other, accounted for nearly two-thirds of the differences between people in online media use. For the study published in the journal PLOS ONE, the team analysed online media use in more than 8, year-old twins. The researchers compared identical twins who share 100 per cent of their genes and non-identical twins who share 50 per cent of their genes. 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14 14 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 Pak test-fires N-capable Ababeel missile ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Pakistan today successfully conducted the first test flight of the Ababeel surface-to- surface ballistic missile (SSM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead up to 2,200 km. Ababeel has a maximum range of 2,200 kilometres and is capable of delivering multiple warheads using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. The test flight was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system, it said. Ababeel is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and has the capability to engage multiple targets with high precision, defeating hostile radars, the ISPR said. The development of the Ababeel weapon system was aimed at ensuring survivability of Pakistan s ballistic missiles in the growing regional Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) environment, the release said, in an obvious reference to India. INTERNATIONAL The Ababeel test came on the heels of a successful test of submarinelaunched cruise missile, Babur-III, on December 9. The successful attainment of a second strike capability by Pakistan represents a major scientific milestone; it is manifestation of the strategy of measured response to nuclear strategies and postures being adopted in Pakistan s neighbourhood, the military had said after the Babur-III test. The missile, launched from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean from an underwater, mobile platform, had hit its target with precise accuracy, the Army had said. Babur-III is a sea-based variant of ground-launched cruise missile Babur- II, which was successfully tested in December last year. PTI Chinese officials attend India s R-Day reception BEIJING, Jan 24: Senior Chinese officials, Beijing-based diplomatic corps, defence attaches and foreign media professionals today attended a reception hosted by the Indian Embassy here ahead of the 68th Republic Day. China s Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou was the chief guest at the reception. Addressing the gathering, Indian Ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale said 2016 was an important year in India-China relations as a number of bilateral visits took place. From the Indian side, last year was marked by the visits of the President, the ministers of Defence and Finance, the National Security Adviser, while China s Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, State Councillor, Foreign Minister and Chairman of National Development and Reforms Commission visited India, he said. On the state of relations between the two countries, Gokhale quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi s comments made in New Delhi on January 17 in which he said, I see the development of India and China as unprecedented opportunity for our two countries and the whole world. At the same time, it is not unnatural for two large neighbouring powers to have some differences. In the management of our relationship and for peace and progress in the region, both our countries need to show sensitivity and respect for each other s core concerns and interests, Modi said. PTI Android pattern lock can be cracked LONDON, Jan 24: The popular pattern lock system used to secure millions of Android smartphones can be cracked within just five attempts and more complicated patterns are the easiest to crack, security experts have warned. Pattern lock is a security measure that protects devices, such as mobile phones or tablets, and which is preferred by many to PIN codes or text passwords. It is used by around 40 per cent of Android device owners, researchers said. In order to access a device s functions and content, users must first draw a pattern on an on-screen grid of dots. If this matches the pattern set by the owner, then the device can be used. However, users only have five attempts to get the pattern right before the device becomes locked. New research from Lancaster University, University of Bath in the UK and the Northwest University in China, shows for the first time that attackers Around the WORLD Italy avalanche toll rises to 14 FARINDOLA, Jan 24: The death toll from an avalanche in central Italy climbed to 14 today as hopes began to fade that any of the 15 people still missing might be found alive under a mountain resort buried by tons of snow and rubble. Firefighters located half a dozen bodies within a few hours today, doubling the death toll six days after the disaster. AP China official jailed BEIJING, Jan 24: China s state-run energy giant Sinopec s former chief was today sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison and fined nearly USD 470,000 for accepting bribes and illegally possessing assets. Wang Tianpu, former general manager of oil giant China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), was handed down the sentence by the Nanchang City Intermediate People s Court in east China s Jiangxi Province. PTI Contempt notice to Imran Khan ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued a contempt notice to cricketer-turnedpolitician Imran Khan after he allegedly accused the top election body of bias in a case of foreign funding. PTI can crack pattern lock reliably within five attempts by using video and computer vision algorithm software. By covertly videoing the owner drawing their pattern lock shape to unlock their device, while enjoying a coffee in a busy cafe for example, the attacker, who is pretending to play with their phone, can then use software to quickly track the owner s fingertip movements relative to the position of the device. Within seconds the algorithm produces a small number of candidate patterns to access the Android phone or tablet. The attack works even without the video footage being able to see any of the on-screen content, and regardless of the size of the screen, researchers said. Results are accurate on video recorded on a mobile phone from up to twoand-a-half metres away and so attacks are more covert than shoulder-surfing. It also works reliably with footage recorded on a digital SLR camera at distances up to nine metres away, they said. Researchers evaluated the attack using 120 unique patterns collected from independent users. They were able to crack more than 95 per cent of patterns within five attempts. Complex patterns, which use more lines between dots, were easier to crack because they help the fingertip algorithm to narrow down the possible options. PTI Legal jolt to May s Brexit plans LONDON, Jan 24: In a huge setback to British Prime Minister Theresa May s Brexit plans, the government today lost a landmark legal challenge after the Supreme Court ruled that she cannot unilaterally trigger the process of Britain s exit from the European Union and must seek the Parliament s approval. The judgement means the British Prime Minister cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to officially begin Brexit negotiations with the 28- member EU until Britain s MPs and peers give their backing. It has now been confirmed that a new Bill will be Janasanyog/8644/16 tabled in the Parliament within days for this purpose. The government had argued that it already had the executive powers to trigger Article 50, but Supreme Court judges rejected the case by a majority of eight to three. Reading out the ruling, Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger said: By a majority of eight to three, the Supreme Court today rules that the Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an Act of Parliament authorising it to do so. The official judgement in the case concludes: The change in the law required to implement the referendum s outcome must be made in the only way permitted by the UK Constitution, namely by legislation. In a joint judgement of the majority, the Supreme Court holds that an Act of Parliament is required to authorise ministers to give notice of the decision of the UK to withdraw from the European Union. The government had lost a High Court case brought by anti- Brexit campaigners last November, leading to the landmark appeal in the Supreme Court heard by all 11 justices of Britain s highest court. 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15 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15 SPORTS Wawrinka wins grudge match as rising Venus shines MELBOURNE, Jan 24: Stan Wawrinka won a badtempered clash with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the Australian Open semifinals as Venus Williams late-career ver and there was no love lost as the Swiss charged to a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3 win. It puts 2014 champion Wawrinka, 31, into his third Melbourne semifinal where Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka celebrates after winning his men's singles quarterfinal match against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Tuesday. Centre, BCCI to suggest names of officials NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and BCCI to suggest names in sealed covers for appointment in the committee of administrators to run the apex cricket body. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also allowed BCCI to suggest three names after following the due process to represent it at the ICC meeting due in first week of February. The bench, also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, made it clear that the names to be given for appointment in the committee of administrators and the representative for the ICC meet should be in consonance with the judgement and subsequent orders passed by the apex court in the matter. The bench asked BCCI and the Centre to give the names in sealed cover by January 27 and posted the matter for hearing on January 30. PTI Ecclestone forced out as Formula 1 boss LONDON, Jan 24: Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he was removed as Chief Executive Officer of the Formula 1 Group by US-based Liberty Media, which consolidated its takeover of the motor sport. The 86-year-old Briton shared the news with German magazine Auto Motor und Sport on Monday, reports Efe. I was deposed today. I am simply gone. It s official. I am no longer the leader of the company. My position has been taken by Chase Carey, Ecclestone said, referring to the 21st Century Fox vice-chairman who became chairman of F1 in September. Auto racing s international regulatory body, the FIA, gave its approval last week to Liberty Media s acquisition of commercial rights to F1 for $4.4 billion. IANS MUMBAI, Jan 24: Wriddhiman Saha s career-best first-class knock of 203 was the stand-out performance as Rest of India lifted the Irani Cup after effortlessly chasing down a 379-run target set by Gujarat with more than two sessions to spare here today. Saha s 203 and skipper Cheteshwar Pujara s unbeaten 116 helped Rest of India overhaul the target with six wickets still in hand. Wicketkeeper Saha and Pujara, unbeaten on 123 and 83 respectively last evening with a team score of 266 for four, carried on in imperious fashion on the fifth and final morning to steer the team home an hour before lunch in 19.1 overs at the Brabourne Stadium here. This was the 15th time in the last 19 editions that Rest of India had won the tournament, which is in its 55th year. Rest of India finished with 379 for four in overs to cruise home Sania, Bopanna to clash for semis spot MELBOURNE, Jan 24: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna set up a mixed doubles quarterfinal clash against each other at the Australian Open after winning their respective matches, here today. Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski knocked out the fifth-seeded team of Yung-Jan Chan and Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 5-7, 10-3 in their second round match. Later, Sania and her partner Croatian Ivan Dodig, seeded second, overcame stiff resistance from Saisai Zheng and Alexander Peya to triumph 2-6, 6-3, Austrian Peya served a double fault at 5-5 in the decisive Super Tie-Breaker but after that the second seeds reeled off five straight points to seal surge sent her soaring into the last four on Tuesday. Wawrinka and France s Tsonga, who have been at odds in the past, argued heatedly at the first-set changeohe will play the ever-popular Roger Federer, his Swiss compatriot. It s not easy to play against him, he s a strong player, Wawrinka said of Tsonga, adding that barring a big upset he expected to face Federer next. In the semis I play Roger. It s going to be tough to have some fans but I hope some people will cheer for me. Earlier Williams age-defying campaign reached new heights as she beat Russia s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the oldest woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in 23 years. Williams, 36, won 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the last four without dropping a set and move towards a possible ninth Grand Slam final against her sister Serena, 16 years after their first. Why shouldn t I? said the seven-time Grand Slam-winner, who is thriving again after a battle with an autoimmune disorder, when asked if she could win her first major title since I try to believe. Should I look across the net and believe the person across the net deserves it more? This mentality is not how champions are made. I d like to be a champion, in particular this year. The mentality I walk on court with is, I deserve this. Next up for Williams is her hard-hitting, aggressive fellow American Coco Vandeweghe, who stunned French Open champion Garbine Muguruza to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal. The tall, powerful Vandeweghe smashed 31 winners past the Spaniard and raced through the second set in just 28 minutes to complete a lopsided 6-4, 6-0 upset win. It s amazing to be in a semifinal. But, you know, not satisfying. I want to keep going, keep playing, said the 35thranked Vandeweghe, 25. There s more things to do out on a tennis court that I m hoping to achieve. Muguruza admitted she had been taken by surprise by Vandeweghe, despite her ear- Saha, Pujara guide Rest to Irani crown the issue. One Indian is now certain to feature in the semifinals and if Leander Paes manages to win his quarterfinal with partner Martina Hingis, the semifinal will again feature two Indians. Paes and Hingis are up against local favourites Samantha Stosur and Sam Groth. Meanwhile, in the juniors events, Siddhant Banthia reached the boys doubles quarterfinal with Turkish partner Kaya Gore with a 6-3, 7-6(6) win over sixth seeds Zizou Bergs and Yshai Oliel. However, Mihika Yadav went down fighting in girls singles second round with a 2-6, 1-6 defeat against 10th seeded Japanese Mai Hontama. PTI Goan clubs that pulled out didn t have bandwidth NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel today took a veiled dig at Goan clubs for not having the required bandwidth to continue in revamped top tier league as they are not investing in football while providing excuses. All the three Goan club owners Shivanand Salgaocar, Shrinivas Dempo and Peter Vaz (Sporting Clube de Goa) had taken Patel an united stand to oppose the proposed restructuring that makes ISL a top-tier league and relegates I-League to the second division. The clubs which have pulled out were not investing in football. They blame other reasons but the real reason is that they don t have band- width now to continue, the AIFF president did not take names but it was clear to everyone about the clubs he was referring to. India s club football system was thrown into turmoil last year when former champions Salgaocar and fellow Goan side Sporting Clube de Goa withdrew from the current edition of the I- League opposing AIFF and IMG- Reliance s proposed structure for the new domestic season as the reason. Late last year, another Goan club Dempo also pulled out of the national league. Praful said that I-League is still country s premier national league and it remains AIFF s top priority. PTI in style. The duo s fifth wicket unbroken partnership was worth 316 runs in 78.5 overs. It was the second-best in the tournament s history after the highest of 327 for the fourth wicket between Ravi Shastri and Praveen Amre for Mumbai against the Rest at Bengaluru in Both the batsmen were largely untroubled by the newly crowned Ranji Trophy champions bowling attack even though the target set by Gujarat, who had taken a handy 132-run first innings lead, was stiff. The winning hit by Pujara, a stepout lofted shot to long-on for his 16th hit to the fence off Hardik Patel, summarised the domination he had on the Gujarat bowling along with Saha. The The victorious Rest of India team pose with the Irani Trophy, on Tuesday. Rajkot-born batsman stayed at the wicket for just over 400 minutes and faced 238 balls to remain unbeaten. State school karatekas win medals GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Assam won six medals in the 62nd National School Games Karate Championship held at Indore recently, a release stated. The medal winners are: Vaswati Nayana Shivam (silver in girls U-14, 46kg), Ayushman Pachani (silver in boys U-14, 45kg), Punit Jakhwal (bronze in boys U-14, 60kg), Jyotishman Kashyap (silver in boys U-17, 50kg), Dhrubajyoti Talukdar (silver in boys U-17, 70kg), Nishad Ali (bronze in boys U-17, 70kg). River Rine win Bud cricket tie SPORTS REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 24: River Rine Club of Guwahati registered a 23-run victory against Youth Club in today s match of the Bud Cricket Club organised Jugal Kishore Newatia Memorial Trophy Bud Challenge Cricket Tournament at the Mangaldai Stadium. River Rine gathered a commendable 201 for nine in their stipulated 40 overs and chasing the target, Youth Club were all out for 178. Brief scores: River Rine Club 201/9 (Trinath Rao 49, Subham Das 41, Manish Bharti 30, Arijeet Barooah 28; Priyankar Chakraborty 3/35). Youth Club 178 (Atul Kr Singh 36, Dilwar Khan 24, Raju Mastar 20, Vinod Sharma 17, Raju Shah 16; Arijeet Barooah 4/36, Sameer Sharma 2/15). Today s match: Sputnik Club vs Ace Club. TT camp at Jorhat concludes GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The three-week long advanced table tennis camp, organised by the Assam Table Tennis Association (ATTA) and conducted by the Jorhat District Table Tennis Association (JDTTA) at the Kushal Konwar Memorial Indoor Stadium at Jorhat, concluded today. As many as 80 children attended the camp. For the first time in the history of the district association, foreign coaches were brought in to impart coaching. In the concluding function the coaches Jong Hyok Im and Jong Son An, both from South Korea were felicitated. Today s function was attended by Dr Zakir Ahmed and Chiranjit Baruah, president and vice president of the JDTTA respectively, Angan Jyoti Baruah and Rishi Sarma, joint secretaries of the district association, Nayan Jyoti Sarma, treasurer of the ATTA, and Dr Tapan Dutta, president of the Kushal Konwar Memorial Indoor Stadium, Jorhat. Rockybul Hussain and Tridib Duarah, president and secretary of the ATTA, extended full support to the district TT body for successful conduct of the 21-day coaching camp. Certificates were distributed to all the partici- Saha s unconquered effort, after he reached his first-ever double century with a four off Karan Patel, lasted 346 minutes and 272 balls. It was also the highest score by a wicketkeeper batsman in the tour nament s history. The Bengal and India stumper struck 6 sixes and 26 fours in this important knock that has come before the selectors sit down to choose the Test team for the one-off game against Bangladesh in Hyderabad next month. Saha had got injured after playing in the first two Tests in the fivegame series against England and his lier wins over defending champion Angelique Kerber, Eugenie Bouchard and China s Peng Shuai. I was surprised. I think she played unbelievable. Venus Williams of the United States celebrates after winning the women s singles quarterfinal match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Tuesday. pants in today s function, which was anchored by Debojyoti Srutikar, secretary of the district association, stated a press release. Dhemaji Open tennis ends SPORTS REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Ayaan Borthakur of NETF clinched the U-14 Boys title defeating Aditya Pratim Bhagawati of Chachal Complex 8-6 in the Dhemaji Open Tennis Tournament which concluded today at the Dhemaji Tennis Club courts, Dhemaji. Simanta Bhagawati pairing with Hakim Ali won the veterans doubles title defeating Amit Chutia and Luku Borthakur. In the Boys U-18 final, Aditya Pratim Bhagawati lifted the title defeating Abhishek Baruah 8-3. In the Girls U-14 singles, Ishita Dahutia defeated Areena Phukan 8-4 to win the title. In the Girls U-18 category, Nishtha Rani Borphukan of Dibrugarh defeated Meghna Bharadwaj of India Club 7-2 to win the title. Final results: (Boys U-12) Manan Nath bt Aryan Borah (6-1). (Boys U-14) Ayaan Borthakur bt Aditya Pratim Bhagawati (8-6). (Boys U-18) Aditya Pratim Bhagawati bt Abhishek Baruah (8-3). (Girls U-14) Ishita Dahutia bt Areena Phukan (8-4). (Girls U-18) Nishtha Rani Borphukan bt Meghna Bharadwaj (7-2). (Veterans singles) Hakim Ali bt Rajib Handique. (Veterans doubles) Simanta Bhagawati/Hakim Ali bt Amit Chutia/Luku Borthakur. place in the team had been taken by Gujarat skipper Parthiv Patel. Parthiv had led his State to the Ranji crown for the first time by defeating Mumbai in the final. Rest had more or less ensured victory last evening itself as they needed 113 runs with Pujara and Saha, who counter-attacked the bowling with gusto when his team was in deep trouble at 63 for four, firmly entrenched. The duo sailed along merrily on the fourth morning with Pujara duly compiling his 6th hundred of the first class season, including three in Tests, and 37th overall before Saha went past his previous career-best score of 178 made in the Ranji Trophy against Assam seven years ago in Kolkata with a couple to square leg. Saha later reached his double ton just in time as Pujara completed the task soon after with another boundary hit. Brief Scores: Gujarat: 358 & 246 vs Rest of India 226, 379/4 (Wriddhiman Saha 203 not out, Cheteshwar Pujara 116 not out, Hardik Patel 2/104). PTI Solution of last problem Originating from Japan, su do ku is a mind game and a puzzle that can be solved with proper reasoning and logic. Fill the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3 x 3 box accommodates the digits 1 to 9 without repeating any. SU DO KU Three times we played in the past, she didn t show this level. She played very good. Her serve, her shots were there. She barely missed, Muguruza said. AFP Army conduct mini marathon GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Troops of the Red Horns Division in association with the civil authorities conducted a mini marathon on January 22 at Rangia District Sports Association Stadium. The aim of the event was to bring the civil population, civil administration and Indian Army to a common platform to enhance harmony and sovereignty in the country. The event was organised in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations. A large number of people participated in the event and an overwhelming response was seen on the ground from public especially the youth. Dignitaries who attended the event were Kailash Kartik SDO (civil) Rangia and Pranab Kumar Pegu, SDPO Rangia. Gomshar Bashumatari from Goreswar and Rabina Boro from Rangia stood first in their respective category, stated a press release. Bedo threatens to knock out Sarita IMPHAL, Jan 24: Hungarian Zsofia Bedo, opponent of L Sarita Devi in her professional debut fight, has vowed to give the former World Champion a run for her money. Before leaving for India from Budapest, Hungary, Zsofia said that Sarita is not going to last the all four rounds. Although Sarita s response at the training camp in Rohtak has been short and terse: You are finished. The two are slated to meet at Imphal, on Sunday, according to a press release. 30-year old Zsofia in a telephonic chat with the promoters of the event as per the release from Sporty Solutions Limited, a Noida based sports marketing company stated: I tried to know more about my opponent. When you search for boxer Sarita, you find pictures of a lady in tears. I am going to add more such images to internet. Trust me. Gold medallist in Khelo India Khelo TT meet Prayashi Baruah of Assam (Front row 2nd R) along with other medallists pose for a photograph with ATTA secretary Tridib Duvarah and other officials Carfew Roy, Nandini Baruah and Subhrajit Singha in Guwahati, on Tuesday. UB Photos

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